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Tiki bought in Ft. Lauderdale
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Thu, Jul 24, 2003 8:34 AM
Swanky and I bought this little guy at the first and only antique shop we had time for while in Ft. Lauderdale for Hukilau. I think he's beautiful. He was the only tiki in the place other than some great postcards we picked up. Yee-Haw & Aloha, [ Edited by: tiki_kiliki on 2003-07-24 08:35 ] |
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Suburban Hipster
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Thu, Jul 24, 2003 9:15 AM
Nice find. It looks to be a great companion piece to the tiki brought back for you from Bora Bora. |
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McDougall
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Thu, Jul 24, 2003 7:52 PM
Amazing! I've been living here (in Ft Lauderdale) for 5 years and have searched every antique, goodwill, ect... in the whole area. Found a freshly made Mai Kai mug once for 2 bucks more than the Mai Kai down the street sells them for about 2 years ago. 'Bout it. Must be a talent (that I don't have). Back to #%^&*& ebay I go. |
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Basement Kahuna
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Thu, Jul 24, 2003 9:40 PM
Nice Cook Islander, Christy! |
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Jungle Trader
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Thu, Jul 24, 2003 10:35 PM
Double WOW! Another nice score. |
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Fri, Jul 25, 2003 2:11 PM
Not quite, BK, it's a tourist carving from the Marquesas, in classic Marquesan style. Might have been bought in Tahiti, since most Tikis you see there are Marquesan style, because the ancient Tahitians did not have a noteworthy carving tradition of their own. In the 20th century a lot of Marquesan carvers moved to Tahiti because of the tourist trade. Funny thing is that the Marquesans don't really want to be part of French Tahiti, but their rich artistic tradition provides most of the Tiki AND Tatoo imagery there. |
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