Post #309434 by GMAN on Mon, May 28, 2007 2:14 PM

Kia ora,

After a quick detour to old Hawaii, I am back in NZ (in my mind at least). I've been back looking through Sotheby's auction papers lately and I came across a neat little Maori figure that they sold. The original is 5 1/2 inches tall, is absolutely magnificent, and sold for 57,000 dollars. The catalog entry suggests that it was carved in the Rougowkakaata tribal style in the early 19th century. I cannot speak to that, but I liked it.

I had a piece of cedar on hand that was a cut off from a larger carving and decided to give something like it a go, with my own twists thrown in of course. Here is the rough-out, 12 inches tall and little better than 4 inches wide.

Thanks for looking,

-G