Post #136265 by Benzart on Tue, Jan 18, 2005 8:45 PM

What I have been trying to say is they are most likley mass produced. Companies produce tropical decorations and carvings for bars and restraunts including national chains. They may have 10 carvers working for them turning out multiple orders, dozens at a time. A Lot of the carvings Start on a duplicator machine and are finished by hand. None will look Identical but all will be generally the same size, same dimensions to fit architectual measurments as designed by the architect. Most All pieces from the big bars Were Mass Produced! If the mass produced art was not available, the authentic art would have been cost prohibitive. Not to say some bars didn't end up with 1 or 2 sweet authentic pieces though. Search on line for Authentic maori art or Hawiian art and once you see the real stuff, you begin to get the picture. The Commercial stuff was Very good and most of the time represented as authentic(not from sellers)America grew up thinking a Leroy was an Authentic polynesian Tiki and it really was in so many ways even if it wasn't carved by the local witch doctor down by the beach. Enjoy and Love your Loot. It is great, you have some very nice pieces. Don't sell is for anything but what it is. mass produced Authentic Tiki!