Post #731171 by TraderJames on Mon, Nov 10, 2014 10:31 AM

I was recently contacted and asked if I would be interested in purchasing this item. Here is the story from the seller along with a couple of photos. Does anyone here have more info or an estimate on value?

"I had seen it for years at a gas station on the corner of main and 71st street in Broken Arrow. The station closed and the property was for sale so I got hold of the owner and ended up purchasing it.

There is an artist name (can’t remember it right now) and 1979 date on it.

Supposedly there were only 4 made and they were made for AMOCO believe it or not. They were placed at the entrance of Coal mines to look over/protect the miners. The president of Amoco’s wife was into Polynesian culture and commissioned these to be made.

I had this by our swimming pool when we lived in Bixby, right off of 121st between Memorial and Mingo and you could see about 2 feet of him above the fence. I actually had a retired AMOCO engineer knock on the door and ask me about it. I knew a little about it and the gentleman confirmed my info. You will see in the pictures that he is holding a boulder in his hands. The gentleman said “yep, see, he is holding a clump of coal” . You can tell that at one time the “clump” was painted black."

[ Edited by: TraderJames 2014-11-12 07:13 ]