Big ol' mask. Opinions please!

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F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:38 AM I'm considering buying this 3.5' tall mask. It cracks me up. All I know: the seller says the parents of an ex-roommate traveled and gave it to their son when he lived in California. Now this fellow owns it and wants to sell it. I don't even know the year. I love how it's a mix of Disney/Ralph Steadman with PNG/"South Pacific" stage prop. Anybody have any insight? Jump on it? Or am I hypnotized by the Steadman eyes and should run away very fast? I don't ordinarily let other people's opinions determine whether I should buy something that pleases me, but 1.) It's BIG and 2.) I'm trying to save money for a trip to Rapa Nui this summer. This will probably cost me around $175. Maybe not much $ for you, but I'm a very shrewd (read: cheap) buyer of my tiki! Formihakini, on the fence "Zazz captivates felt." [ Edited by: Formikahini 2009-04-08 08:53 ]
F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:48 AM BTW, I already have a taker lined up if I pass, so I'm not trying to sell this. F
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 10:54 AM If it cracks you up, that's a good criterion! And your are right, very "South Pacific" prop. The only thing I don't like is that it looks so clean and new, the PNG airport art makers are usually ace in making their wares look aged, dusty and moldy, it's part and parcel of the style for me, to avoid the Cost Plus/World Market folk art look. But 175.- is a good price for it. Go for it, AND go to Rapa Nui! :)
K Kikkietiki Member Hollister, CA Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 89	K Kikkietiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:34 PM What in the heck is coming out of its mouth? An alligator? An armadillo? A Portuguese water dog? I like it! It has character.
F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:36 PM That's a crocodile tongue, used in Middle Sepic River sevi masks (and probably elsewhere). Looks vaguely Exorcist, though, doesn't it.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:51 PM My PNG art advisor sez: " I dunno who made it, but I like it!"
F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:53 PM haha! Handsome fellow! I do like him (my mask). He's weird but he's great. I'm gettin' it. Now, where am I putting him????????? :)
K Kikkietiki Member Hollister, CA Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 89	K Kikkietiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:56 PM Personally, I say you should wear it, heh heh! If you do not have a good wall spot for it, it looks like it would fit nicely mounted on a door.
T TheBigT Tiki Socialite Fabulous Houston Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1798	T TheBigT Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:57 PM It's too late. I just bought it ought from under you. :P
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:32 PM Over the toilet - with a story on alligators living in sewers.
F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:23 PM On 2009-03-31 13:57, TheBigT wrote: It's too late. I just bought it ought from under you. :P :P back atcha! You making it to Texas Tiki gathering this weekend, Big T? I'd love to meet you, and what a COOL place (the Dallas Trader Vics) to do so! BigBro: Great/Horrible idea! I will [not] do it! I seriously am having to think where to put it, though. It means moving a bunch of good/real PNG stuff. That ceiling is looking more and more tempting to cover with art. Of course, there's no room up there with all the netting, lights, flotsam and jetsom. The floor? Build a new wing!! Yessss! Just as soon as I win that lottery/marry a rich man/gain a rich relative who dies and leaves me money...
T TheBigT Tiki Socialite Fabulous Houston Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1798	T TheBigT Posted posted on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:42 AM On 2009-03-31 15:23, Formikahini wrote: On 2009-03-31 13:57, TheBigT wrote: It's too late. I just bought it ought from under you. :P :P back atcha! You making it to Texas Tiki gathering this weekend, Big T? I'd love to meet you, and what a COOL place (the Dallas Trader Vics) to do so! I didn't know about the gathering. I believe I will be in Warrenton this weekend for the big antique show. Ya know, out near Round Top? We have met. You just don't know my nick here. And I ain't tellin. Ask BigDaddy if he knows. :wink:
F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Tue, Apr 7, 2009 3:36 PM Got him! He's in fact only 2'9", so he's much easier to squeeze in on my walls. Those are cowry shells lining the eyes and mouth, as I was hoping, and with the damage on the upper lip (missing shells), he came even cheaper. Definitely new (painted black on the back) - probably not much older than the ten years ago that he was bought. He's great! Grande Kahu and I went and got him when I went to Dallas for the Texas Tikiphile gathering this weekend. Thanks for the good advice, Sven, Sven's PNG art advisor, and everyone else. :) Go Denton, TX Craigslist!
STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2807	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Tue, Apr 7, 2009 5:38 PM Congratulations! That's a great mask. I'd have bought it too.

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