I Traded A Bunch of Rocks AND......

[TheTh3rd]

Some arrowheads for these wooden fertility statues from Tahiti.

Any info on these "wood" be greatly appreciated.

 

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[TheTh3rd]

Any ideas guys?

 

[smokeythecat]

They'd scare my cats!

 

[TheTh3rd]

They'd scare my cats!

I've had them in my house a few hrs and already had 43 mild heart attacks.
Trust me your cats wouldn't be alone

 

[tamrock]

Indonesian Tahitian ?? witch doctor carvings I think ? Exotic Imports - Tribal Statues They're all good and keep the bad Ju-ju heading elsewhere.

 

[Tony in SC]

I would have kept my arrow heads!

 

[relic nut]

Man them things are ugly!!!, Yet I can't look away. [emoji12]

HH RN

 

[flinthunter]

Would like to see pictures of what you traded for these pieces.

 

[trikikiwi]

why should we lie sideways to see your pics?
If you really want our assistance, spend a moment or two and rearrange the aspect, please

 

[TheTh3rd]

Would like to see pictures of what you traded for these pieces.

A few..but not all of these

 

[mcl]

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Not going to lie, I died a little inside after seeing these pictures.

In any case, I'm totally biased. With something like this -- a situation where you're choosing between owning Native American stone artifacts and African/Indonesian/Tahitian/Etc "tribal" art -- it's completely about the collector's preferences. There are 1000 reasons why I personally would not have made this trade, not the least of which is that I could never display art like that at my house (have to put it away when kids visit, further explain the nature of my hobbies to suspicious relatives when they come over, tell my friends how "it's just art, nothing more, I promise", etc). The fact that you like the statues and appreciate both their artistic qualities and the cultural context they bring to the dialogue is all that matters. I say bravo on you, OP, chase your dreams. There's little to be gained from questioning the value of the exchange. As is so often proclaimed on T-Net, the value of any given piece -- whether we're talking glass bottles, silver coins, or fertility statues -- is the amount that someone is willing to pay for it; no more, and no less.

May they bring you boundless happiness.

-mcl