Post #322857 by pappythesailor on Thu, Aug 2, 2007 7:52 PM

How about Kenneth Vance of Pennsylvania?

(from the Gettysburg Times 26 August 1972)

...Vance's creations are designed to project the Polynesian and American influence.
Vance, who has been carving since he was 13 years old got his professional start by
volunteering to help his wife. Mrs. Vance and a friend planned a Polynesian Party
for their Ohio home. Something seemed to be lacking in decorations. Vance
volunteered to make a Polynesian tiki if he could. The carved device proved so
popular he decided to try his hand at making a totem pole....