Post #554694 by Club Nouméa on Sun, Sep 19, 2010 12:57 AM

I spent the weekend in Darkest Taranaki (New Plymouth), looking for Pacific Islands stuff in second-hand stores.

Things didn't quite turn out as expected. The only item from the islands that I found was this nice piece of tapa:

And I found this North American cushion:

The other finds were more parochial.

New Plymouth museum's book on the Taranaki wars:

A couple of NZ tiki cards depicting artwork by Jason Kelly:

Three small framed resin figurines (a teko teko, hei tiki, and a marakihau):

And, last but not least, some framed art by a New Plymouth artist:

CN