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The six statues on the last page are all from Tangaroa of the Cook Islands and
represent the God Tangaroa. There are various colours. I know of a dark green and
a dark brown in addition to the ones shown, if you know of any other colours,
pictures please. The fourth bottle is white by the way, it is a bad photograph. These
mainly came with Tangaroa liqueur in them but some had perfume. You have no way
of knowing if you buy an empty one. The next bottles are a later version of Tangaroa.
I think that these were only filled with liqueur. There is variation in the colouring of
these and I do not know whether this was intentionally or through poor glazing
technique. I suspect that there are at least a plain green and brown to match the
plain blue. Left to right I call these blue, mid-blue, pale blue, mid-green and pale
brown.

There was a gap of a few years after the last
bottles before the next arrived. These again
depict Tangaroa but are from a new company,
Blue Moon. I know that there are more colours
and in this case I want both pictures and some
bottles if anyone is going to The Cooks. That is
assuming they are still made as these are a few
years old now.

Finally, if anyone knows of any bottles from any
other Pacific Countries or Territories please
send me some photos: minizv@gmail.com

David Smith

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