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Need help id'ing these tikis Old? New?

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930 posted on Wed, Jan 14, 2009 8:01 PM

hi,

trying to id these,

and get an idea on there age,

thanks,
allan

The two on the top could be old...or they are made from an old mold, from Hawaii. Definitely vintage. These and the others in that series are never cheap.

Can't say anything about the white one for sure, he is nicely executed...maybe too nicely, with its body builder torso. Not my personal taste.

T

The top two look good and seem to be vintage. Nice pieces.
What does it say on the bottom? It is hard to read in the pictures.

The body builder Ku looks new but don't know for sure. Never seen one with that 'build' before.

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930 posted on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 9:30 PM

bottom reads,

the tiki on the left - TIKI LOA, WANMI PUKIKI NONO,

on the right - TIKI LOA, WANE INAINA

I would say that Tiki Loa made these as you can just make out what looks to be a copyright C within a circle on the base and that WANMI PUKIKI NONO and WANE INAINA are the names of the pieces.
In the first post I thought these might have been a place or company.

So, anyone know "Tiki Loa"??

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930 posted on Sun, Jan 18, 2009 8:07 PM

here's the correct spelling and some clearer pics,

KANE INAINA,

WAHINE PUKIKI NONO,

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