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Post #427606 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:36 PM
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Zeta, welcome back! That is a nice piece, not common at all, clearly a tourist item from Tahiti. Since ancient Tahitians did not excel in Tiki carving, the Marquesan Tiki style has become their adopted tourist Tiki style. ...though this piece does have some Rarotongan elements, too. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-01-06 23:38 ] |