ebay: The Luau Beverly Hills original carved wood cannibal statues - Tiki Marketplace

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:39 AM I was asked about these earlier, and this is my subjective assessment of these guys: These are actually 2 sets of the same 2 Cannibal Carving characters ( the "Caught" and the "Eater"), but in different styles -the third one, the "Full belly" guy, is missing in each set. The two front ones are close copies of the Don The Beachcomber cannibals, the back two are copies of the Marquesan (not Maori) tourist style that O.A. has an example off. All four are in -my opinion- modern Asian knock offs. They didn't bother with copying the "full" guy because he's not as attractive. I must ad that I don't think they are offered under false pretense, the seller probably bought them with that erroneous information of origin and is merely passing it on.

I was asked about these earlier, and this is my subjective assessment of these guys:

These are actually 2 sets of the same 2 Cannibal Carving characters ( the "Caught" and the "Eater"), but in different styles -the third one, the "Full belly" guy, is missing in each set.

The two front ones are close copies of the Don The Beachcomber cannibals, the back two are copies of the Marquesan (not Maori) tourist style that O.A. has an example off. All four are in -my opinion- modern Asian knock offs. They didn't bother with copying the "full" guy because he's not as attractive.

I must ad that I don't think they are offered under false pretense, the seller probably bought them with that erroneous information of origin and is merely passing it on.

Post #479126 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 11:39 AM