Rapanui collection - Collecting Tiki

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Thu, Aug 16, 2007 10:21 AM These items were all carved for the tourist trade. As Fil points out the scarcity of wood on the island (less so now than in recent centuries past) means that a lot of these carvings are actually made elsewhere and shipped to Rapa Nui! There are only a handful of local carvers on the island who do truly exceptional work and who do it out of their shops in Hanga Roa; there are metric tons of lil' moai and kavakava men (etc) tha are made in South America and (yes) Cuba, and are sold as locally-carved.

These items were all carved for the tourist trade.

As Fil points out the scarcity of wood on the island (less so now than in recent centuries past) means that a lot of these carvings are actually made elsewhere and shipped to Rapa Nui!

There are only a handful of local carvers on the island who do truly exceptional work and who do it out of their shops in Hanga Roa; there are metric tons of lil' moai and kavakava men (etc) tha are made in South America and (yes) Cuba, and are sold as locally-carved.

Post #326047 by tikibars on Thu, Aug 16, 2007 10:21 AM