Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2465	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 9:47 AM Been way way to busy lately working 7 12's and finally had a day off to hunt. I have been looking for a war club in the wild for years and found two within a half hour on Saturday. The first is from Fiji made of heavy wood and about 2 1/2" long. Love this one. Nearly two feet long and hand carved and painted from 1945. Probably a memento from a vet's time in the Pacific. A nice carved Moai about a little over a foot tall. And this small carving. Looks to be similar to the kamanggabi figures from New Guinea. "Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann [ Edited by: uncle trav 2010-10-27 09:51 ]

Been way way to busy lately working 7 12's and finally had a day off to hunt. I have been looking for a war club in the wild for years and found two within a half hour on Saturday. The first is from Fiji made of heavy wood and about 2 1/2" long.

Love this one. Nearly two feet long and hand carved and painted from 1945. Probably a memento from a vet's time in the Pacific.

A nice carved Moai about a little over a foot tall.

And this small carving. Looks to be similar to the kamanggabi figures from New Guinea.

"Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann

[ Edited by: uncle trav 2010-10-27 09:51 ]

Post #561854 by uncle trav on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 9:47 AM