Post #366697 by crazy al on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 11:52 AM

OK... i can see where this is going... thanks Grog!!
so much for sending this link to my nieces and nephews... ah? it's just a tiki.... a pink one... now back to the ranch... the 'G' to 'PG' Ranch i hope.....

Good one Teak'a-matic!


and Racer is on the gas once more....
"I get your hints but it seem like three tiki in one".... only Two, Mr. Bonneville!!

Koru Evia is named after the Maori word 'Koru'; an unfurled fern frond.
It represents new life, renewal and strength.
The 'bird' is a very important, if not most prevalent 'being' in Maori art... check the bird eye, beak, hand/foot of the typical carving covered in 'ferns'... i found a reference to this particular tiki as that of an image of an owl... however human, or tiki, get the same treatments with the three to four fingers and toes.

No one listens to Ben....(hint-hint)
"I bet that the new tiki will have a 2.5" piece of abalone in/on it somewhere! Oooops."
Thanks! Ben! and his beach combing relatives for the vintage S.Cal Abie.....

the fern is also a big part of Maori graphic design, a new venture for me and this tiki.

Hint #6:
"which came first the tiki or the egg?"