Post #414613 by Paipo on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 3:36 AM

Ahoy! Back from my travels, (sort of) refreshed and brimming with new ideas. Now I just need to find the time to implement them...and to post all the museum pics I took. Tiki is much more elusive in the urban jungles of Oz than here in NZ, but I did discover some remote pockets of savage splendour, and also scored myself 27lb of SA's finest....looks like another visit to Tama's is on the cards :wink:

Not a lot of tiki going down in the shed at the moment, but I did finish this Melanesian style boar tusk amulet, fashioned from some very nice tool-grade argillite:

Better pic of the sweet patterning in the stone. This stuff rings like metal when it is struck:

Thanks to everyone for keeping the torch burning while I was away!