Please Help Me Identify This Ceremonial Paddle - Collecting Tiki

M MrBaliHai Tiki Socialite Behind the Cheddar Curtain Joined: Jun 01, 2002 Posts: 1031	M MrBaliHai Posted posted on Thu, Dec 15, 2005 4:23 AM Sneakytiki: thanks for the additional information on the relative lack of a mask tradition in Polynesia. I've been back to view this guy's collection a couple of times, armed with some reference books. Most of it is actually from Africa or New Guinea, and appears to date from the 1940s or '50s. As for the paddle, I know that my chances of this being a pre-contact Polynesian artifact are about nil. By "authentic", I meant carved by an actual Marquesan as opposed to someone here in the U.S. emulating the style. Even if it was carved by a non-Marquesan, it's still very well done.

Sneakytiki: thanks for the additional information on the relative lack of a mask tradition in Polynesia. I've been back to view this guy's collection a couple of times, armed with some reference books. Most of it is actually from Africa or New Guinea, and appears to date from the 1940s or '50s.

As for the paddle, I know that my chances of this being a pre-contact Polynesian artifact are about nil. By "authentic", I meant carved by an actual Marquesan as opposed to someone here in the U.S. emulating the style. Even if it was carved by a non-Marquesan, it's still very well done.

Post #203204 by MrBaliHai on Thu, Dec 15, 2005 4:23 AM