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tiki_kiliki
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Joined: Apr 01, 2002
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From: Hamtown USA
|  Posted: 2003-07-24 08:34 am Permalink
Swanky and I bought this little guy at the first and only antique shop we had time for while in Ft. Lauderdale for Hukilau. I think he's beautiful. He was the only tiki in the place other than some great postcards we picked up.
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Suburban Hipster
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Joined: Aug 12, 2002
Posts: 272
From: Rockville, Maryland
| Posted: 2003-07-24 09:15 am Permalink
Nice find. It looks to be a great companion piece to the tiki brought back for you from Bora Bora.
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McDougall
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Joined: May 02, 2003
Posts: 489
From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
| Posted: 2003-07-24 7:52 pm Permalink
Amazing! I've been living here (in Ft Lauderdale) for 5 years and have searched every antique, goodwill, ect... in the whole area. Found a freshly made Mai Kai mug once for 2 bucks more than the Mai Kai down the street sells them for about 2 years ago. 'Bout it. Must be a talent (that I don't have). Back to #%^&*& ebay I go.
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Basement Kahuna
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Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3587
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2003-07-24 9:40 pm Permalink
Nice Cook Islander, Christy!
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Jungle Trader
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Joined: Jan 04, 2003
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From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2003-07-24 10:35 pm Permalink
Double WOW! Another nice score.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2003-07-25 2:11 pm Permalink
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On 2003-07-24 21:40, Basement Kahuna wrote:
Nice Cook Islander, Christy!
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Not quite, BK, it's a tourist carving from the Marquesas, in classic Marquesan style.
Might have been bought in Tahiti, since most Tikis you see there are Marquesan style, because the ancient Tahitians did not have a noteworthy carving tradition of their own. In the 20th century a lot of Marquesan carvers moved to Tahiti because of the tourist trade.
Funny thing is that the Marquesans don't really want to be part of French Tahiti, but their rich artistic tradition provides most of the Tiki AND Tatoo imagery there.
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