Tiki Central / Collecting Tiki / Ulithi Atoll Figure
Post #633239 by Phillip Roberts on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 1:14 PM
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Aloha, Hmmm. Well the quality seems very good and probably native carved. These squatting figures are mostly used as guardians of the dead in canoe burials... However your figure from Ulithi can also be associated with fertility. (Note swollen breasts and Belly.) Get a copy of Arts and Crafts of Micronesia by Barbara Wavell |