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Post #767539 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Aug 16, 2016 3:29 PM

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That "Pele's Curse" thing is the oldest tourist guide yarn out there. They built whole apartment complexes with lava rock!

Lava rock Tikis ARE rare, even the mainland-made. I love the primitive look of some. I have this head (which I used for my Paris TIKI POP exhibition)...

I think was carved by Mike Gildea & friends...

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=38445&forum=1

...who also sold their stuff through Eli Hedley's Island Trade store. Eli used these Lava heads for Trader Dick's decor:

Now, YOUR Tiki is quite different. Though many time it is a false claim, in this case I do believe it was actually carved in Hawaii. The reason is that those slanted eyes are actually not used that often, and they remind me of the Hawaiian Eye Tiki:

I don't know who carved it, that is gonna be hard to find out, I don't believe it could have been Edward Brownlee.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2016-08-16 15:29 ]