Help identifying voodoo(?) carved board? - Collecting Tiki

TZ Tiki Zen Member Too far from the beach Bowling Green, KY Joined: Mar 15, 2007 Posts: 353	TZ Tiki Zen Posted posted on Mon, Aug 27, 2007 6:03 AM Hoping someone can help me figure out what I have here. A friend found this carved and painted board at a yard sale and gave it to me. The owner said that she bought it several years ago in New Orleans. It stands about five feet tall, and is carved and painted. The wood looks like it was pretty old before it was carved, probably salvage wood. Could be cypress. It is attached to a custom-built stand, made of heavy metal plate. The person who owned this has expensive and eclectic taste, and this may even have come from a gallery. No artist signature that I can find. Any ideas? Detail of the front Back Detail of the back

Hoping someone can help me figure out what I have here. A friend found this carved and painted board at a yard sale and gave it to me. The owner said that she bought it several years ago in New Orleans. It stands about five feet tall, and is carved and painted. The wood looks like it was pretty old before it was carved, probably salvage wood. Could be cypress. It is attached to a custom-built stand, made of heavy metal plate. The person who owned this has expensive and eclectic taste, and this may even have come from a gallery. No artist signature that I can find. Any ideas?

Detail of the front

Back

Detail of the back

Post #328412 by Tiki Zen on Mon, Aug 27, 2007 6:03 AM