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| LARGE TURTLE by CHRISTY WARREN |
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Very Rare large Pitcairn Island Carved Turtle By Christy Warren. Carved in highly sought-after miro wood of a turtle typical of the Pitcairn Island region.
Approx 22cm long and also approx. 18 cm at widest point.
Christopher Stanhope Warren was born on Pitcairn Island on May 19, 1898. He was the son of George Francis Chris Warren and Alice Lily Butler. He married Mary Emeline Christian, daughter of Sidney Elliot Atkins Christian and Ethel Virginia Young, on Pitcairn Island. He married Mima Edith Christian, daughter of Daniel Christian and Harriet Melissa McCoy, on Pitcairn Island. He died on May 13, 1984 at age 84 in New Zealand. At the time of the Teiyo call at Pitcairn in 1980, Christy was seriously ill, and the Island Council had determined that he would have to be transported to New Zealand for medical treatment. The sad occasion of his leaving was documented in a TV film made by Glynn Christian. Christy was a buoyant fellow who had the heartiness and build of a liffy docker. Speaking of his youth at a time when islanders lacked even clothing, 'I went about in just a Guernsey sweater, that's all. I had nothing to put under it. We kept tugging the Guernsey down so's we'd be decent in the community. I was 15 years of age before I got my first pair of pants. The girls had scraps of dresses, but nothing underneath, just like us. We would go out picking oranges and send the girls up the tree first! And all of us in the same boat.
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