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Here are some of the 'Aumakua style wooden images that do not fall under the category of "Akua Ka'ai" (stick images) that I hve done over the years.
I carved this fellow almost 14 years ago. He was the first tiki I ever made and I still feel he is the most powerful one of the bunch. But back then he didn't have the facial beard pattern and the hair added to his Mahiole crest. His eyes are of pearl shell, the pupils are wooden pegs, and the teeth are made of a small shark jaw.
This is the second image I ever made, about 12 years ago. It's carved from black ebony as the corresponding Hawaiian wood is now extinct in the wild. Again, the eyes are made of pearl shell, but this time the pupils are two small palm seeds. The hair, btw, is my own.
Shortly after I made the black 'Aumakua my baby sister told me I needed to make a light-colored counterpart for it. This was the result. My sister donated her blond hair for it (It was her idea, after all), the eyes are pearl shell and palm seed and the teeth are more shark jaw.
The image of the left is a "Ki'i Wahine" carved from Ohia Lehua wood that a Hawaiian family sent me and the "Ki'i Kane" on the right was carved from red Milo wood. Both were carved about a year ago. The tongues are made of bone.
This little fellow was carved about four months ago from super-hard Arizone ironwood (all the luster of Koa or Milo but so tough you can take him anywhere and he won't break). He felt very much like a warrior, so the hair was pegged to resemble a Mahiole and he got a really big tongue (=lots of mana).
Aloha!
Marcus
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