Post #433549 by congatiki on Tue, Feb 10, 2009 4:37 PM

Many thanks to you Big T. The Abelam people are a New Guinea tribe, and
the "Abelam" style figure is referenced in a pretty well know book around
these parts, pg 247 in BOT. I'm just an upper midwestern whittler but
I think I might have lived in New Guinea in a prior life. And you don't
have to dig too deep to find the short guy. He's "Voodoo Child" whose
finished pics can be found in just the last few pages.

Okay GMan, here are a couple test shots. I don't really know what it is,
but some would call it "not-tiki."


Still pondering at least three background options to finish this one,
we'll see what happens.

[ Edited by: congatiki 2009-02-10 17:22 ]