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tikilongbeach
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Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 1616
From: Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX
|  Posted: 2014-06-12 12:17 pm Permalink
I have had this for a while. It's about 18 inches long and it is also a yipwon spirit figure. I made the mistake of washing what I thought was grime off of it. It was black when I got.
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Big Kahuna
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 2482
From: SoMass
| Posted: 2014-08-01 7:01 pm Permalink
Picked this mask up a couple of weeks ago.
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MaukaHale
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Joined: May 07, 2012
Posts: 794
From: The base of the Volcano
| Posted: 2014-08-01 8:22 pm Permalink
Now that is a mask!
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ukutiki
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Joined: Feb 25, 2009
Posts: 272
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2014-12-07 6:19 pm Permalink
Picked this mask up today at a flea market. From what I can gather on the net it is a Savi style mask from the middle Sepik River region, possibly village of Tambunam (sp?). It's about 15" long. Age? I would appreciate any other info anyone can offer. Thanks.
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Tyber Tiki
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Joined: Dec 24, 2010
Posts: 79
From: Washington, DC
| Posted: 2014-12-22 09:17 am Permalink
Wow! Great find UkuTiki. Unfortunately I do not have any insights to share on this piece other than...simply amazing.
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DoKwan
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Joined: May 28, 2009
Posts: 10
From: Rhodechusetts
| Posted: 2014-12-22 12:47 pm Permalink
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 3043
From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2014-12-22 10:23 pm Permalink
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On 2014-12-07 18:19, ukutiki wrote:
It's about 15" long.
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I have a cleaner looking one than yours that's only about 12" tall:
I never did any research on it...
Buzzy Out!
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ukutiki
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Joined: Feb 25, 2009
Posts: 272
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2014-12-23 08:35 am Permalink
Buzzy,
Here is my source for identifying the mask: http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/maskspko.htm
Great mask but the important thing is that mine is bigger than yours 
Mele Kalikimaka
ukutiki
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 3043
From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2015-10-18 2:39 pm Permalink
I'm going for the themed room look by grouping my collection by geography. here's the PNG part of my Tahiti, palau, and PNG room
buzzy Out!
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 7720
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2015-10-18 5:45 pm Permalink
And the Buzzy museum is up n running...
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 3043
From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2015-10-19 01:06 am Permalink
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On 2015-10-18 17:45, hang10tiki wrote:
And the Buzzy museum is up n running...
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I'm going to stop referring to them as bedrooms, and start calling them wings.
that last post was most of two walls, and part of another. the fourth wall of that room has my tv, the framed thor tiki carver print, and surfboards taking it up.it's not photographed in this post
here's the other part of the wall of that room with Tahitian and palau stuff.
hang10-my good pal liz said you and me are the only ones who care about tc anymore. I see it more like the Magnificent 7, with a few more of us here,than the odd couple. 
Buzzy out!
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 7048
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2015-10-19 01:18 am Permalink
That's funny Buzzy! as Liz was harassing Jon, as only Liz can do, shortly before getting banned (true story) 
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nui 'umi 'umi
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Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 2574
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2015-10-19 9:58 pm Permalink
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nui 'umi 'umi
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Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 2574
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2015-10-19 9:58 pm Permalink
Hey Buzzy, What an amazing collection! That story board (top) on the Tahiti /Palua wall has a pretty bright blue river depicted from left to right. I took a couple of pix of some very brightly painted sb’s at the Polenesio in Havana. I have several painted sb’s by the same carver as the artist who carved that huge board you had at Oasis a few years ago. Mine had orange, green, and other hues-none as bright as the blues in the aforementioned river. The boards at the Polenesio were painted in colors as vivid as the blues on your board. At the time I first observed the boards in Havana I was sure that they had been (gasp) repainted. Now I am not so sure. Just an observation.
I damaged my camera during my visit to Cuba so the pic is lousy.I’m posting the pic to show the vividness of the paint. I know that most storyboards originated in prisons and the artists used whatever they could get but these are brighter than any I have seen.
Cheers
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nui 'umi 'umi
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Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 2574
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2015-10-25 8:57 pm Permalink
This one has been pretty beat up but I intend to display it in my tiki room (indoors)
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