Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

T tikilongbeach Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX Joined: Aug 05, 2011 Posts: 1686	T tikilongbeach Posted posted on Fri, Mar 15, 2013 2:46 PM On 2013-03-15 13:56, uncle trav wrote: Tikilongbeach, awesome find. The board depicts the Easter Island Birdman cult. The cult came into being after the ancestor worship which gave rise to the carving of the Moai. The back represents the Rongorongo writing of Easter Island which has never been successfully deciphered. Great piece, thanks for sharing it. "Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann [ Edited by: uncle trav 2013-03-15 14:03 ] Thank you, that was very helpful! It was a Goodwill find and I was very happy to add it to my collection. I'm going to read up on the Birdman cult on the Bradshaw Foundation website. Do you have any other suggestions? http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/easter/index.php

On 2013-03-15 13:56, uncle trav wrote:
Tikilongbeach, awesome find. The board depicts the Easter Island Birdman cult. The cult came into being after the ancestor worship which gave rise to the carving of the Moai. The back represents the Rongorongo writing of Easter Island which has never been successfully deciphered. Great piece, thanks for sharing it.

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

[ Edited by: uncle trav 2013-03-15 14:03 ]

Thank you, that was very helpful! It was a Goodwill find and I was very happy to add it to my collection.
I'm going to read up on the Birdman cult on the Bradshaw Foundation website. Do you have any other suggestions? http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/easter/index.php

Post #671201 by tikilongbeach on Fri, Mar 15, 2013 2:46 PM