Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

HOK HOUSE OF KU Member TIKILAND, USA Joined: Apr 15, 2005 Posts: 541	HOK HOUSE OF KU Posted posted on Tue, Jun 24, 2008 12:02 AM On 2008-06-22 21:27, caffeinated wrote: Fleamarket find. Carved wood. One face has teeth the other has more of a lined mouth. Don't really know anything about this. The guy I bought it from said it was painted white & he stripped it. This is probably from Tahiti...Traditional Marquesan designs. A letter opener from the same guy. Unmarked. [ Edited by: caffeinated 2008-06-22 21:52 ] The letter opener should be marked on the top center of the headress...Coco Joe, lava, made in Hawaii Aloha, Freddie

On 2008-06-22 21:27, caffeinated wrote:

Fleamarket find. Carved wood. One face has teeth the other has more of a lined mouth. Don't really know anything about this. The guy I bought it from said it was painted white & he stripped it.

This is probably from Tahiti...Traditional Marquesan designs.

A letter opener from the same guy. Unmarked.

[ Edited by: caffeinated 2008-06-22 21:52 ]

The letter opener should be marked on the top center of the headress...Coco Joe, lava, made in Hawaii

Aloha, Freddie

Post #389086 by HOUSE OF KU on Tue, Jun 24, 2008 12:02 AM

Fleamarket find. Carved wood. One face has teeth the other has more of a lined mouth. Don't really know anything about this. The guy I bought it from said it was painted white & he stripped it.

This is probably from Tahiti...Traditional Marquesan designs.