Post #18541 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Jan 7, 2003 11:42 AM

I think he was already recruited by the Miss Velma Singers...

I remember now where that association came from:
"Beyond The Valley of The Dolls" -
THE GENTLE PEOPLE!: "..Come with the Gentle People, spread love across the land...da da da..."
A classic! I have it on CD. Almost better than The Free Design.

We should make it "Come with the Tiki People, spread Tiki across the land..."

On a more serious note, here is Donald P. Ryan's (Thor Heyerdahl's assistant) reply about those articles:

I actually received a solicitation to view these items with the
possibility for purchase. The objects were exhibited on a web-site and
most looked fake, including the moai heads, both in terms of workmanship
and size. There were a couple of boulders with birdman carvings allegedly
from Orongo, that were carved nicely, but the pictures were unclear. I
doubt that they would be authentic as they would have been noticed to be
missing unless they were obtained prior to about 1935 when a rock art
survey was conducted.

I think I deleted the gallery's E-mail just last week but the web-site
might already be taken down if they're under investigation.