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Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Hotel Taharaa, Papeete, Tahiti (hotel)

Post #539377 by abstractiki on Sun, Jun 27, 2010 8:36 PM

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I am guessing that with the onset of wood rot the tiki became unstable and they were forced to cut off the bottom. Then to make it stable again they pured cement around it to make the new base and hold the tiki in place. The base looks very round and perfect.