Identification help, please!

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5HOB 54 house of bamboo Grand Member (1 year) Madeira Portugal Joined: Sep 28, 2006 Posts: 302	5HOB 54 house of bamboo Posted posted on 01/31/2010 We found this at a nearby charity shop (thrift store :)) yesterday. We are lucky that Cambridge University professors seemed to have travelled widely and we occasionally pick up stuff in the wild! Any ideas on its story? Tiki or not? It's glazed ceramic & about 10" tall.
UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2469	UT uncle trav Posted posted on 01/31/2010 Great find. Looks to be a fisherman's god from the Cook Islands but I may be mistaken. I'm sure someone can give you some more info on it though. And I think it will fit nicely in any collection of Tiki. "Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann [ Edited by: uncle trav 2010-01-31 06:44 ]
K Kon-Hemsby Member Andover, England Joined: Sep 17, 2003 Posts: 1287	K Kon-Hemsby Posted posted on 01/31/2010 Oooooooooo nice find.
C cheekytiki Member The Haole Hut, London, UK Joined: Mar 09, 2004 Posts: 1096	C cheekytiki Posted posted on 01/31/2010 Yes it is Tiki and as Uncle Trav said based on Tangaroa. well done.

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