Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

H hecktow Member Joined: Feb 22, 2006 Posts: 50	H hecktow Posted posted on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 10:19 AM Having a great week! Finally found my Suffering Bastard in the wild! Perfect condition w/ original label still attached, Old Trader Vic's Grenadine bottle, ALPS hula Girl wind up toy mint in box. This is my most interesting find I think. Would like to get some opinions on it This is a old Whale bone club of some type. The family I bought it from had traveled to both Alaska and New Zealand. So could be Eskimo/Inuit type club, or possibly Maori. But I also know whale bone was used as weapons all over the place. Looks a little like this one with out the handle notch: http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=115916&coltype=taonga%20maori®no=me015711 The photos don't really do it justice. It looks like a bit of wood until you pick it up. Then there is no doubt what it's used for .... WACK! Some more pics..

Having a great week!

Finally found my Suffering Bastard in the wild! Perfect condition w/ original label still attached, Old Trader Vic's Grenadine bottle, ALPS hula Girl wind up toy mint in box.

This is my most interesting find I think. Would like to get some opinions on it

This is a old Whale bone club of some type. The family I bought it from had traveled to both Alaska and New Zealand. So could be Eskimo/Inuit type club, or possibly Maori. But I also know whale bone was used as weapons all over the place. Looks a little like this one with out the handle notch: http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=115916&coltype=taonga%20maori®no=me015711

The photos don't really do it justice. It looks like a bit of wood until you pick it up. Then there is no doubt what it's used for .... WACK! Some more pics..

Post #400231 by hecktow on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 10:19 AM