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The other day, my job took me into the headquarters of a major corporation to move some artwork so they could polish their floors.
It happened that some of what I was moving was polynesian artifacts. Of particular note
was an 8 foot tall tiki carved from tree fern.
Which immediately brought to mind the "Tree Fern God and Macaw" Postcard image which can be found on the "Tikis" page at the memorial.
I had always thought that the rough hewn look of the tiki was due to its being carved from lava rock. But I was wrong, it seems these tree fern tikis were carved from the fibrous trunks, and then covered in plaster which was highly decorated. The tiki itself was quite interesting, a large figure holding a smaller one, ala cannibal tikis, but its style was much different. I'm slated to go back and move everything back into place, and hope to be able to get some pics of it, and a tribal drum.
TG
http://www.exotic-tiki-gardens.com
[ Edited by: TikiGardener on 2002-05-17 22:05 ]
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