Basement Kahuna -New Maori Bone Pendant 3/04 - Tiki Carving

BK Basement Kahuna Tiki Socialite Jawja Province, Isle of North America Joined: Oct 14, 2002 Posts: 3618	BK Basement Kahuna Posted posted on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 11:51 PM Tahitian Cannibal Carving, 18 inches. This little guy is a commission for my South Sea Arts design teamate Wendy Cevola. Very often seen in the tiki bars of old. I'll have better pictures in a bit. The tapa behind him is special, too..from my own collection..one of two 7-ft long, 24-inch wide garment pieces of Fijian Tapa that I purchased from the daughter of the WWII veteran who brought them home with him in 1945. They were given to him by a Fijian girl with whom he had fallen in love. These were two of her own garments, made in her own village. I really treasure these for their history and story. Literally from the very nucleus of where the Polynesian Pop story began.

Tahitian Cannibal Carving, 18 inches. This little guy is a commission for my South Sea Arts design teamate Wendy Cevola. Very often seen in the tiki bars of old. I'll have better pictures in a bit. The tapa behind him is special, too..from my own collection..one of two 7-ft long, 24-inch wide garment pieces of Fijian Tapa that I purchased from the daughter of the WWII veteran who brought them home with him in 1945. They were given to him by a Fijian girl with whom he had fallen in love. These were two of her own garments, made in her own village. I really treasure these for their history and story. Literally from the very nucleus of where the Polynesian Pop story began.

Post #339975 by Basement Kahuna on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 11:51 PM