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 Tue, Oct 30, 2007 6:49 PM The Kerawa, New Guinea outward island dwellers, were fierce headhunters. Skull boards like this were a marriage of a Gope/Spirit Hook. Before a Canoe or Meeting House festival, they would hunt heads for weeks and hang the overmodeled skulls of the victims on boards such as these. Figuring no Skull Board reproduction would be complete without it's quarry, I found a very convincing plastic medical model and made one to complete it! The second item is a neat little beachcomber style host stand made from some leftover lauhala, bamboo and wood I had laying around from a job, and a spare ship's wheel repop.

The Kerawa, New Guinea outward island dwellers, were fierce headhunters. Skull boards like this were a marriage of a Gope/Spirit Hook. Before a Canoe or Meeting House festival, they would hunt heads for weeks and hang the overmodeled skulls of the victims on boards such as these. Figuring no Skull Board reproduction would be complete without it's quarry, I found a very convincing plastic medical model and made one to complete it! The second item is a neat little beachcomber style host stand made from some leftover lauhala, bamboo and wood I had laying around from a job, and a spare ship's wheel repop.

Post #341272 by Basement Kahuna on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 6:49 PM