Post #8203 by Trader Woody on Fri, Sep 13, 2002 7:12 AM

This is perhaps a question aimed at those with an interest in the ethnographic
side of Tiki. Basically, I've just got hold of a statue, age unknown & about two
feet high of a female Tiki. It looks like it was at least modelled upon the classic
Cook Island fisherman Tiki, but has stylised breasts and an absence of the usual
'knob'. It could be pregnant, but then again the Cook Island Tikis have chubby
bellies anyway.

What I was wondering was how often are female forms actually carved in the
South Seas? Is this a real oddity? Or perhaps was someone just inspired by
Oceanic art to create something a bit different?

As usual, I've no photos to hand (must get a digital camera sometime), but it
was more the concept of female Tikis than the actual piece that I'm interested in.

Trader Woody