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Post #355339 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 3:40 PM
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It is a very beautiful piece. But a Tiki it is not, I am afraid. I looks pre-Columbian to me, from South America. The horizontal slit eyes and mouth are an earmark of that style. I do not have the exact predecessor to this piece, but here is a comparison from that region:
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