Ki'i

I was reading through a magazine when I came across this story about Ki'i's, pronounced Key-ee. They are Hawaiian statues carved from wood. Many people refer to them at Tiki statues. Anyhow, while reading the story this piece jumped into my head and off to the studio I ran. The face of the pendant is made with a carved cab of obsidian from the 1940's and it is dressed with a piece of mammoth bone. The Sterling for the body was reticulated and then I made a small nut and bolt with sterling silver to attached the bone to the body of the piece. The necklace was created using jet, lava, and sterling beads.
Enjoy!