Post #786158 by Ryan Partridge on Fri, Apr 20, 2018 8:55 AM

On 2018-04-19 08:48, bigbrotiki wrote:
Yep, that's a Milan Guanko, and in such good condition for being outside ! Nice clean lines, great find, congrats ! I bet they had it under a porch roof, away from the sprinklers, or some place like that.

I wish I HAD a brochure for Milan Guanko Tikis - I have never seen one, not at Oceanic Arts or anywhere else. Memory gets hazy: O.A. had a Barney West brochure, and they still should have it, but I've never seen anything like that for Milan's work.

The best reference is still that nursery photo in the BOT, because it shows the greatest variety of his output

Thanks for the info Sven! He is in decent condition, definitely "shows" well....however the top of his head and under the base are rotted out hollow pretty bad. I'm guessing termites and water damage. Any tips on methods that could help preserve him would be greatly appreciated!

On 2018-04-20 06:36, finky099 wrote:
I'm certainly no expert, but it has the hallmarks of a Guanko tiki to me.
Regardless looks like a great find! Congrats.
:drink:
Cheers!

Thanks Finky!