Post #325009 by Kamoenani on Sun, Aug 12, 2007 10:07 AM

I've been considering starting to collect Tiki for a couple of months now, since my interest for actually having tiki is quite new (knew about it before and liked it, but never thought of it as decoration). I'll be moving into a small appartment about 18 m² (193.7 sq ft if I'm not mistaken) and that's including the bathroom and kitchen. So, I won't be starting off with a stone Moai or massive wooden totem. And I'll need the walls to put shelves, a wardrobe, etc. so no masks just yet (don't really know what space I'll have left).
I was thinking of a sort of statuette, but although I know it's mainly for decoration, I'd like to know how you're supposed to recognize what they symbolise (god and what is associated) if they do (don't know if there are any books on that subject) but I know some are just made up.
I quite like that one:

But my main question would be to know if anyone could tell me where I can find a sort of head (kinda like a bust for Roman statues), to put on a shelf or desk for example. Not hollow like a mask, nor fair and square (or cylindrical as a mater of fact) like a totem.
That kind (but the guy who posted it bought it from carver Hia Lavaka at Lahina open market in Maui):

Any help and/or advice is more than welcome. This is only my second post, so sorry if it's in the wrong place but as it's something I'm looking for rather than have found, I didn't think this should go in the Collecting section.

[ Edited by: Kamoenani 2007-08-12 10:09 ]