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HT Hale Tiki Tiki Socialite Pittsburgh Joined: Oct 19, 2004 Posts: 1799	HT Hale Tiki Posted posted on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 3:39 AM I tell you what, you've got a hell of a start with all of these artifacts. Getting these types of things nowdays can range into the thousands for what I see in just those last few photos. As you get more and more committed, you'll have a really great base to start for decorating. Part of the magic/wonder for me is going to older bars and seeing actual native pieces that when they were acquired, were thought of as cheap souvenirs, even if they were actual tribal pieces, and not made for the tourist trade. Nowadays shields, boards, masks command a high price as art, artifacts, historical pieces, and rightfully so. The popularization of primitive art coincides with the rise of Poly Pop, and has deep roots in "tiki." And from your verbiage of "picked up," I assume that means you got them yourself, which just adds to the wonderful space that you're begging to create.

I tell you what, you've got a hell of a start with all of these artifacts.

Getting these types of things nowdays can range into the thousands for what I see in just those last few photos. As you get more and more committed, you'll have a really great base to start for decorating. Part of the magic/wonder for me is going to older bars and seeing actual native pieces that when they were acquired, were thought of as cheap souvenirs, even if they were actual tribal pieces, and not made for the tourist trade. Nowadays shields, boards, masks command a high price as art, artifacts, historical pieces, and rightfully so. The popularization of primitive art coincides with the rise of Poly Pop, and has deep roots in "tiki."

And from your verbiage of "picked up," I assume that means you got them yourself, which just adds to the wonderful space that you're begging to create.

Post #668961 by Hale Tiki on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 3:39 AM