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

JB Jeffro Bodine Member Amarillo, Texas Joined: Apr 23, 2014 Posts: 7	JB Jeffro Bodine Posted posted on Fri, Apr 25, 2014 7:18 AM The patina is not right because the mask was in my Great Uncle's house when another room caught fire. When I inherited this piece, I cleaned off the smoke damage and put floor wax on the mask to protect the wood. The mask was taken as a "war trophy" in WWII by my Great Uncle in the South Pacific...that's the family story. I have found similar masks from the Philippines, but none exactly like this one. It just so happened that EBay (via a Google Image search)is the only place that I found similar looking masks, that's why I included the link to them...for you to see what I had to go by. I am not offended, but genuinely wanting to get a better understanding of what I have. I chose this source to reach out to for information because I felt that if enough educated eyes saw it, maybe I could get some good information. I appreciate your candor and hope that I can get more information about this beautiful piece of my family history.

The patina is not right because the mask was in my Great Uncle's house when another room caught fire. When I inherited this piece, I cleaned off the smoke damage and put floor wax on the mask to protect the wood.

The mask was taken as a "war trophy" in WWII by my Great Uncle in the South Pacific...that's the family story. I have found similar masks from the Philippines, but none exactly like this one.

It just so happened that EBay (via a Google Image search)is the only place that I found similar looking masks, that's why I included the link to them...for you to see what I had to go by. I am not offended, but genuinely wanting to get a better understanding of what I have. I chose this source to reach out to for information because I felt that if enough educated eyes saw it, maybe I could get some good information.

I appreciate your candor and hope that I can get more information about this beautiful piece of my family history.

Post #714852 by Jeffro Bodine on Fri, Apr 25, 2014 7:18 AM