Maori or Fijian?

this is a Fijian club not Maori correct??
any way check out this post i found... do 'we' know him??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saintplan/3966556053/

found this too while pic snagging.. has someone posted it?? super cool carving here:
http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/3532632

and you club carvers have to see this one if someone did not post it. incredible Ebay researching here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-Superb-19th-Century-Wahaika-Short-Maori-Hand-Club_W0QQitemZ220561919900QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335a83cf9c

[ Edited by: crazy al 2010-03-20 17:18 ]

that's a fijian "gata" club. the thing holding is called, "nutcasius craptacticus".

Ha! I know that tiki...it's at the shell shop in Hokitika along with a few others. Turi Gibbs is the artist - his style is very distinctive (and very cool). Lots of his tikis are like this with really animated postures. He also does incredible jade work:
http://www.ponsonbyroad.co.nz/theviaduct/gallery/Default.asp?page=77
You should really come to NZ on a field trip Al....

...and yes that's a Fijian "gunstock" club (someone else may know the proper name). I have no idea what he's trying to express with the combo of wig, warclub, bastardised female facial tattoo and tighty-whities, but he looks like he's having fun doing it.

Nice wahaika too...and pretty good price for an elaborate and old piece.

in defense, hopeful thinking, and not knowing the true... that guy could be taking reference shots for a painting or other artist endeavor.... if one could only see into the files of painters/illustrators......

[ Edited by: crazy al 2010-03-20 17:20 ]

i love it! c'al finds a pic of a guy in a barristers wig and underwear and his first thought is "hey, that club is fijian, not maori"! stay tiki, braddah!
i really dig the shape of that wahaika. imagine if benzart did his version of that one!

[ Edited by: kingstiedye 2010-03-21 13:06 ]

What Drake and KTD said!

ooh, now i'm drooling about a similar bk club. (best homer voice) mmmmmm, basement kahuna!

i think tikimecula could do it some justice, too.

The "The Colonial (Maori War Club) 2" pic is just creepy but the club is def. cool. Love the pose on the Maori Tiki. Sounds like a great idea to start animating poses. Thanks for the share.

On 2010-03-21 13:57, pdrake wrote:
i think tikimecula could do it some justice, too.

oh you're just teasing me now. mmmm, tikimecula!