Post #236611 by congatiki on Wed, Jun 7, 2006 6:07 PM

Ben...you are too wise...I thought I could fool everyone, but you must have recognized the carving
from one of your earlier lives. Actually I just returned from New Guinea, where I rented a rusty
old Datsun pickup and drove to one of the Iatmul villages, where I stole a canoe. My companion and
I paddled down the Sepik river to Chambri Lake, where we snuck into the local Haus Tambaran...stole
the ancestral spirit figure and dragged it back to the canoe amid a hail of arrows and blow darts....
narrowly escaping with our lives. The return trip went well until we were confronted by another
group of Iatmul villagers who chased us down and cut off our left arms. Once we got back to the
good ole USA we carved up some replacement arms and all seems to be going well. Good eye Ben...
congratulations on uncovering the ruse.

Thanks to all....a few final...full length pics with some "aging" techniques coming up in a
couple days.