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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 294403, member: 301"]Oooowww, yuk !</p><p><br /></p><p>& now I'll tell you why ..</p><p><br /></p><p>I say this biting my lip.....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />...It's a model of a Moai Kavakava...originally carved in sacred wood from Easter Island ( Rapa Nui )</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]95591[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>this one sold for 600 Grand !<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]95592[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>They come in many shapes and sizes......most looking like emaciated males.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is a modern poor quality tourist carving from lord knows where ..but likely Chile.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie94" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]95593[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Museum quality...!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]95594[/ATTACH]</p><p>They are ancestor figures, & they are awesome...</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours....not so much !!</p><p><br /></p><p>( & yes, I've had more than one in my hand......)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 294403, member: 301"]Oooowww, yuk ! & now I'll tell you why .. I say this biting my lip.....;)...It's a model of a Moai Kavakava...originally carved in sacred wood from Easter Island ( Rapa Nui ) [ATTACH=full]95591[/ATTACH] this one sold for 600 Grand !:woot::woot::woot::woot: [ATTACH=full]95592[/ATTACH] They come in many shapes and sizes......most looking like emaciated males.:inpain: Yours is a modern poor quality tourist carving from lord knows where ..but likely Chile.:vomit: [ATTACH=full]95593[/ATTACH] Museum quality...!!! [ATTACH=full]95594[/ATTACH] They are ancestor figures, & they are awesome... Yours....not so much !! ( & yes, I've had more than one in my hand......)[/QUOTE]
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