Post #61103 by seamus on Thu, Nov 20, 2003 12:59 PM

Thanks BigBro. Yes I read the original post from the link. I was a little thrown at first because I read somewhere that Tahiti did not have a particular Tiki carving tradition- that Marquesans were brought over to fill the void. I don't if that's true or not.
I was just finishing up a small sculpture in the Marquesan style and ended up placing a small head in his hands. When I looked at the finished product, as much as I liked it, I still thought I should find some background for this concept. I came acrossa chapter in Melvilles "Typee" about a warrior priest named Kolory who carried a little god around with him on his belt. The more I read on Kolory the more this little Tiki of mine seemed to mesh with it. I liked the idea enough to give him that name. It works for me.
Thanks for all the input everyone.