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Post #36354 by Basement Kahuna on Wed, May 28, 2003 9:11 PM

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They are very nice...aside from the patina instead of earth pigments you'd have a hard time distunguishing it from a real Paupuan Gulf New Guinea clan spirit board..(that's what this is, incidentally, not a shield). These boards were clan property objects placed in the Haus Tambarin, or men's meeting house as a temporary harbor for an ancestor's spirit. They are excellent reproductions. He has some good stuff.

[ Edited by: Basement Kahuna on 2003-05-28 21:12 ]