Post #483553 by Tiki Shark Art on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 11:12 AM

Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Hewey~ Big Mahalo Hewey!
LLT~ Thanks, we could go speelunkin' in there, only wonder what passages, rooms and tiki-treasures lurk inside?
TikiMango~ Thank you! Glad you like what I'm cooking up for yer eyes!

Here's last night's work: roughed in the sandy beach and worked on...

The old rotted tiki stuck in the sand. He's loosely based on an actual tiki
in the book "Hawaiian Sculpture, - The University Press of Hawaii",
The introduction of this book reads:
"Of the wood sculpture that comes from the rich and vital ancient Hawaiian culture, approximately one hundred and fifty examples remain. These are now found in museums throughout the world, and some pieces are now as remote from the islands of their origin as New York and Munich"

pg 125. fg T9
T 9 Temple Image
National Museum, Copenhagen (I.a.6)
From Steen Bille, who was in Hawaii
aboard the Galathea in 1846
Total Height: 30 in: height in figure
approx 20 in. Probably a heiau fence
post image.
Providence: Undetermined; possibly the
island of Hawaii.
Photograph: National Museum.
Published: Brigham 1913, fig 45."

I love this old book. Great reference.

Two more days to finish!
Mahalo!
Brad

[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2009-09-15 11:14 ]