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Post #44554 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jul 25, 2003 2:11 PM

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On 2003-07-24 21:40, Basement Kahuna wrote:
Nice Cook Islander, Christy!

Not quite, BK, it's a tourist carving from the Marquesas, in classic Marquesan style.

Might have been bought in Tahiti, since most Tikis you see there are Marquesan style, because the ancient Tahitians did not have a noteworthy carving tradition of their own. In the 20th century a lot of Marquesan carvers moved to Tahiti because of the tourist trade.

Funny thing is that the Marquesans don't really want to be part of French Tahiti, but their rich artistic tradition provides most of the Tiki AND Tatoo imagery there.