Post #675774 by Alii Tiki on Sat, Apr 27, 2013 4:12 PM

Scored some treasures from a local lady that needed to downsize her collection to fit in her newly built house.
According to her this Pahu is from Tahiti and over 50 years old, that's the only information she had about it.

The Tiki she received from a Marquesan born man Bernard Pierre "Papa" Kimitete who passed away in 2002. I'm friends with his grandson here in Kona.
He was also mentor to Rodney "Kala" Willis who I was fortunate enough to take a Pahu making class with a few years ago.

The Tiki is 21" tall and the Pahu is 17 1/2" and very heavy for it's size.
Here's some links with information about the carver.
http://www.kaiehitu.org/#!history/c1dl5
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Oct/17/ln/ln24a.html
http://keolamagazine.com/flipview/mar-apr_2010/files/assets/basic-html/page34.html
http://media.westhawaiitoday.com/special-sections/KCF_110411/files/assets/seo/page21.html