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Post #324705 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Aug 10, 2007 12:33 PM

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That puffer-fish-in-glass-float light is the best! I have only seen ONE like it in all my travels, at Oceanic Arts.

Here are various types of floats which "floated around" :) in Polynesian pop :

faux float out of resin, from Kelbo's

real fishing net float out of thick old glass and rope, brought back from Tahiti harbor

faux glass float, made for decoration nowadays

midcentury-modern "float", from The Tikis

here are some ideas for float treatments from an old OA catalog: