Post #551177 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Aug 30, 2010 8:35 PM

I severely doubt that, not in that size. But I like unlikely theories like that: Inspired by that text, one could fabricate the theory that these were Easter Island tourist trade overstock that did not sell because travelers preferred the Kava Kava versions. :)

But seriously, by the style I judge these as fine examples of American Tiki art, equally as rare as their Polynesian counterparts, because i know of nowhere else in Polynesia Americana where they were employed.