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Post #371632 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Apr 4, 2008 4:00 PM

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On 2008-04-04 15:51, TIKI DAVID wrote:
i am not so sure that is chiseled...

I didn't really mean that literally. The way Witco art was produced, the shape of the item was first cut out of a board, and then the features were carved into it (see page 226 of Tiki Modern). And the execution here is beyond "primitive", but rather childish. The Witco carvings DID vary from piece to piece a little but this one would have never passed (sorry Buzzy).

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-04-04 16:02 ]