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Hawaiian Discovery

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Hawaiian Discovery
Tonga Trading Company
The Hawaii Collection

I thought these pieces needed their own space

Post them if you have them
All individually numbered
Here are my 4

Tahiti Man
#408
(11 inches long)

Lono (no tag)
#125
(14 3/4 inches tall)

Menehune Bowl
Kings Platter
#49
18 inches long

Lono God of Fertility (no tag)
Aka: Te Rongo and his 3 sons
#209
29 1/4 inches tall

Cheers


Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2019-03-21 08:12 ]

March of 2016 I spoke to Jim at Tonga Trading Company

I asked about production dates on
the bowl and large Lono

He said:
“Can’t say for sure, but it’s probably 20-30 years old.
Anything numbered under 100 goes way back”

K

Awesome. LOVE the bowls especially.

[ Edited by: Kaiwaza 2019-03-21 13:50 ]

Jon, congrats on an outstanding find!

Here are some additional Hawaiian Discovery/Tonga Trading Company carvings. I love the Bloxam one and have never seen a replica of the original until I came across this one. I’ve sold off some of my other non Hawaiian ones but hopefully can find the photos and upload here. Can’t believe this is the first topic devoted to this cool company’s carvings.












A smaller 10” version of your Lono bust:


[ Edited by: Tumatauenga 2019-05-13 01:49 ]

Tuma- awesome
Glad you posted them
Cheers

Hawaiian Stick God. 21 inch
#199

[ Edited by hang10tiki on 2022-12-26 06:43:26 ]

Kava Kava man
#233
19 inches tall

Wow I just realized I have not posted new acquisitions on this page. Will do so soon, I think I have about 10 or more to add!

Kawa (awa) Drinker. 14 inch

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[ Edited by hang10tiki on 2022-12-26 06:39:46 ]

Nguzu Nguzu protection image. 7 inch

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Hawaiian stick god. 11 inch

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Support figure. 12 inch

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Hospitality Figure. 8 inch

CADF1771-D3A9-4AA1-9F64-EC23E25123E5

House pole figure (btm). 20 inch

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Hawaiian God Ku

6 inch BE58CB15-0BC4-47A3-8B8E-4E2451DC25DB

10 inch 7558835D-B5B5-4C16-A5D2-147921A435FA

20 inch 913BE937-E2DD-40EA-A07E-8533A6DCA9A1

Fisherman’s god. 10 inch

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Hawaiian Temple Figure. 8 inch

45CAC669-4329-4B8C-9A7D-F18E171C08B1

Kuka’ilimoku. 12 inch

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