tikis at a gallery in Honomu HI - Collecting Tiki

B bkrownd Tiki Centralite Steamy Hilo, HI Joined: Sep 01, 2015 Posts: 97	B bkrownd Posted posted on Sat, Sep 12, 2015 8:36 PM So, here are the tikis I bought in the Honomu shop. The two upright tikis have great personality and presence, so I HAD to get them. They jumped out from the others. My SO wanted the staff under them, and I thought it would make a good ornament. It doesn't show well here, and the flash washes out the accents and shadowing on all the carvings. Oddly, this morning I found a June eBay listing for the smaller upright tiki - the exact same one - the craft shop in Honomu bought him from an eBay seller in Colorado Springs! He is in the style that Tongan carvers here use, as demonstrated by an old thread by user "Aaron's Akua". The little guy has some miles under his belt! The larger upright tiki rules the room, with has "gravitas" in spades. RAWR! [ Edited by: bkrownd 2015-09-12 20:43 ]

So, here are the tikis I bought in the Honomu shop. The two upright tikis have great personality and presence, so I HAD to get them. They jumped out from the others. My SO wanted the staff under them, and I thought it would make a good ornament. It doesn't show well here, and the flash washes out the accents and shadowing on all the carvings.

Oddly, this morning I found a June eBay listing for the smaller upright tiki - the exact same one - the craft shop in Honomu bought him from an eBay seller in Colorado Springs! He is in the style that Tongan carvers here use, as demonstrated by an old thread by user "Aaron's Akua". The little guy has some miles under his belt! The larger upright tiki rules the room, with has "gravitas" in spades. RAWR!

[ Edited by: bkrownd 2015-09-12 20:43 ]

Post #750754 by bkrownd on Sat, Sep 12, 2015 8:36 PM