Tiki Identification - General Tiki

A AlienTiki Member MAUI No Ka'oi Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 424	A AlienTiki Posted posted on Sat, Nov 22, 2008 11:58 AM Free advice is worth every penny in most cases but the gentleman who answered your question I'm certain is one of the best to explain that there is no definitive answer. That being said, the first book I would buy If I was You is The Book of Tiki Also here Is a link to the definitive Hawaiian sculpture book. Where in it is writen that scholars can't agree on the names of specific Kii. University Of Hawaii Press Hawaiian Sculpture documents most known extant indigenous carvings of the human figure and identifies their location in public and private collections. The over 164 illustrations illuminate the wooden sculpture of artists whose names are unknown but who were brilliant by any standard.

Free advice is worth every penny in most cases but the gentleman who answered your question I'm certain is one of the best to explain that there is no definitive answer.

That being said, the first book I would buy If I was You is The Book of Tiki

Also here Is a link to the definitive Hawaiian sculpture book. Where in it is writen that scholars can't agree on the names of specific Kii.

University Of Hawaii Press

Hawaiian Sculpture documents most known extant indigenous carvings of the human figure and identifies their location in public and private collections. The over 164 illustrations illuminate the wooden sculpture of artists whose names are unknown but who were brilliant by any standard.

Post #420304 by AlienTiki on Sat, Nov 22, 2008 11:58 AM