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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:15 AM The off-kilter face of the pewter sculpture reminds me of certain Eskimo masks "This mask shows a distorted human face, with one eye partly closed and wrinkled forehead. Yup'ik Paul John of Nelson Island recalled stories about a strange noise coming from outside the qasgiq (communal men's house). When the people saw the face of the creature that had come to them, it would have a bent face with a sideways mouth." This unique concept might also have inspired Tiki Carver Mike Gildea in some of his whacky Tikis: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=22886&forum=2&vpost=284481

The off-kilter face of the pewter sculpture reminds me of certain Eskimo masks

"This mask shows a distorted human face, with one eye partly closed and wrinkled forehead. Yup'ik Paul John of Nelson Island recalled stories about a strange noise coming from outside the qasgiq (communal men's house). When the people saw the face of the creature that had come to them, it would have a bent face with a sideways mouth."

This unique concept might also have inspired Tiki Carver Mike Gildea in some of his whacky Tikis:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=22886&forum=2&vpost=284481

Post #543758 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:15 AM