Post #783246 by Aloha pinball on Sat, Jan 20, 2018 3:47 PM

I think this thread is the best location for this find. Although I know what it "is" it seems perhaps to be something more. And while it isn't a Tiki, it might have the spirit of "tiki". Earlier this afternoon we came across this bust in a consignment shop. It immediately caught my eye and my wife insisted I buy it. I have seen more of the Lepanto Craft Phillipines "monkeypod" or phillipine walnut carvings of a young lady than I can count but Ive never seen this one before.

It is much more stylized with a long neck and the head turned up at a nigh unnatural angle.

Almost abstract when viewed from the front:

But when viewed from below or straight on it seems perhaps to take on another form altogether:

I'm pretty sure this is intentional, and these are rare for a reason. In any case as Sven explained in the Book of Tiki, (pg. 22) "tiki" can also mean penis, so while this isn't "Tiki" it is certainly MCM Polynesian pop. And it sure looks like a TIKI to me.