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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 139609, member: 55"]I'm a bit over-sensitive to using the word "Tiki" (Komo may be also)</p><p>because so often it is used in combination with the word "totem" on ebay for a figural object that the seller knows nothing about, but which is clearly Hawaiian or Polynesian; as in "Tiki/totem."</p><p><br /></p><p>The Tiki "gods" have nothing to do with totems, and the souvenir ones have darn little to do with Polynesian culture, for that matter.</p><p>I have seen quite a few with a surface-burnt treatment though.</p><p>Just a rant, I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]36812[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 139609, member: 55"]I'm a bit over-sensitive to using the word "Tiki" (Komo may be also) because so often it is used in combination with the word "totem" on ebay for a figural object that the seller knows nothing about, but which is clearly Hawaiian or Polynesian; as in "Tiki/totem." The Tiki "gods" have nothing to do with totems, and the souvenir ones have darn little to do with Polynesian culture, for that matter. I have seen quite a few with a surface-burnt treatment though. Just a rant, I guess. [ATTACH=full]36812[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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