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Post #689639 by Greg_D_R on Sat, Aug 10, 2013 12:40 PM

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On 2013-08-10 10:48, Bay Park Buzzy wrote:
Those are chainsaw marks. It's a common Tongan styled Hawaiian tourist souvenir carving.

They come from places like this:

Tongan Carver at the Craft Fair down on Front Street in Kehei.

Buzzy Out!

Thanks Buzzy! I was leaning toward the Tongan/Hawaiian angle. They tend to have good detail like this. Glad to see it turn up in flyover country.