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Tiki Central / Tiki Carving / hand carved 12-foot tiki ku - monkey pod wood

Post #160809 by TikiMaster on Sun, May 22, 2005 8:13 PM

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Hi Swanky,
This is not Ku, this one in particular is KUKA'ILIMOKU, personal God of King Kamehameha The Great. Kamehameha gave this god credit for his success in uniting the islands of Hawai'i into one Kingdom.

ORIGINAL: Bishop Museum, Hawaii

PROVENANCE: Kona

Aloha,
~Tikimaster