Help Identify, What Is This, Is This A? Thread - Collecting Tiki

G GLLWolf Member Joined: Aug 30, 2013 Posts: 3	G GLLWolf Posted posted on Fri, Aug 30, 2013 12:09 PM Dear Folks of Tiki Central, Gotta question for you. Can anyone identify this? (oh boy, I bet you've never heard this one before) I have "inherited" this, what I think is a Tiki head while helping friends pack up the belongings of their grandmother. They were going to just pitch it, but I asked to have it, and no one argued. It was brought back from Hawaii in 1970 while their grandparents were on vacation. That's all the relatives knew of it. As you can see, from the pictures, its very crude. I do know the wood is Koa. And it appears to have a dark chocolate stain added to it. But for the life of me, the representation here is unlike any Hawaiian Tiki I've ever seen. Is it just a crude piece made for tourist? Is it even Hawaiian? My late wife was 1/4 Hawaiian, and if it is something that is truly of the Islands, then I would want to pass it on to our kids, hopefully with some knowledge of what it story is. If not...? I thank you all for your time, GLLWolf Greg

Dear Folks of Tiki Central,

Gotta question for you. Can anyone identify this? (oh boy, I bet you've never heard this one before) I have "inherited" this, what I think is a Tiki head while helping friends pack up the belongings of their grandmother. They were going to just pitch it, but I asked to have it, and no one argued. It was brought back from Hawaii in 1970 while their grandparents were on vacation. That's all the relatives knew of it.

As you can see, from the pictures, its very crude. I do know the wood is Koa. And it appears to have a dark chocolate stain added to it. But for the life of me, the representation here is unlike any Hawaiian Tiki I've ever seen.

Is it just a crude piece made for tourist? Is it even Hawaiian? My late wife was 1/4 Hawaiian, and if it is something that is truly of the Islands, then I would want to pass it on to our kids, hopefully with some knowledge of what it story is. If not...?

I thank you all for your time,
GLLWolf
Greg

Post #692036 by GLLWolf on Fri, Aug 30, 2013 12:09 PM