Photo Bank: Pre-Contact Oceanic Carvings & Artifacts - Tiki Carving

S Sneakytiki Tiki Socialite Boise, Idaho Joined: Mar 31, 2003 Posts: 1795	S Sneakytiki Posted posted on Fri, Jun 8, 2007 11:35 AM And this one is just great. The Solomons have some really odd carvings, you could make this into a cocktail olive sticker; Fish Figure, Southern Solomon Islands. Wood with Mother of Pearl Inlays, about 6 feet long! You could put the "olives" inside the figure, as this is in fact a skull reliquary that would hang from the roof beams. It contained revered skulls, sometimes ancestors bones as well. The fish represented is a Bonito, a fish whose hunting prowess is admired by the islanders. These pictures are great, thanks for posting them! As far as the Korwar figure being creepy, I think it is cultural norms, the Korwar is the Western equivalent of having Grampa's ashes and sometimes maybe talking to his ashes or "headstone". ST [ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2007-06-09 09:26 ]

And this one is just great. The Solomons have some really odd carvings, you could make this into a cocktail olive sticker;

Fish Figure, Southern Solomon Islands. Wood with Mother of Pearl Inlays, about 6 feet long!

You could put the "olives" inside the figure, as this is in fact a skull reliquary that would hang from the roof beams. It contained revered skulls, sometimes ancestors bones as well. The fish represented is a Bonito, a fish whose hunting prowess is admired by the islanders.

These pictures are great, thanks for posting them!

As far as the Korwar figure being creepy, I think it is cultural norms, the Korwar is the Western equivalent of having Grampa's ashes and sometimes maybe talking to his ashes or "headstone".

[ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2007-06-09 09:26 ]

Post #311778 by Sneakytiki on Fri, Jun 8, 2007 11:35 AM