Post #484375 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, Sep 20, 2009 8:40 PM

This week's stuff:

A newer Maori carving:

A mullet Maori mom doll with no moko:

Hawaiian outrigger with a tapa sail:

This one is questionable:

It has Tahitian details on the hands, arms and nose. the rest is unrecognizable to me. It looks like the same wood type as a piece I got a while ago from Vanuatu. I've seen other kinds of weird semi tiki looking examples on ebay from there. The face and eyes looks almost eskimo crossed with Cook islands, but it was found in a lot with some other south Pacific stuff. Crazy looking piece, wherever it's from.

My final guess is contemporary Tahitian tourist...or Vanuatu

A PNG spirit hook missing an eye shell.

Where was the swap meet shell guy's booth when I needed him?

This is my favorite find of the week. A PNG cane, walking stick, or maybe a staff

It has some nice figures and faces carved down it.

Starting with the handle face

Moving down, first:

second:

and third figures:

Ornately carved all over it. Now from the side:

All the figures and faces are done back to back:

And finally, what I best guess is a PNG sepik storyboard:
I'm having a hard time deciphering what the story is about

However, I think it may be about intercourse:

She has to hold on to the tree!

All these guys are lined up waiting to have a go at her too:

I can't really tell what the rest of the story is about. Anyone?

Other than the sex part, my favorite part of it is the alligator canoe and rowers:

I also got five new display cases for all the stuff I have and am bringing home:

Plenty of room to expand now...

Buzzy Out!