Mysterious Tiki

AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Wed, Jan 19, 2005 1:20 PM Tikiboy, According to Bob at Oceanic Arts, it's a replica of a Cook Islands tiki that was carved in Samoa, then imported by "Cargoes by Carter" to the U.S. It may have been sanded and touched up by Oceanic Arts prior to resale here back in the late 1950's or so. It's hard to get the history of this tiki authenticated beyond a shadow of a doubt because any original receipts are long lost. But I think we've narrowed it down as much as possible. Check out the link at the top of this thread to see how the authentication was done. Mahalo, Aaron

Tikiboy,

According to Bob at Oceanic Arts, it's a replica of a Cook Islands tiki that was carved in Samoa, then imported by "Cargoes by Carter" to the U.S.

It may have been sanded and touched up by Oceanic Arts prior to resale here back in the late 1950's or so.

It's hard to get the history of this tiki authenticated beyond a shadow of a doubt because any original receipts are long lost. But I think we've narrowed it down as much as possible. Check out the link at the top of this thread to see how the authentication was done.

Mahalo,

Aaron

Post #136359 by Aaron's Akua on Wed, Jan 19, 2005 1:20 PM