HI TODAY I BROUGHT my own TOTEM POLE to carve...I have done TWO FIGURE BASED TOTEMS in AUSTRALIA...they are MAORI BASED...a MAN...and a WOMEN...they stand outside my front door in MELBOURNE..so the ausi's know where the KIWIS LIVE...but I like them it reminds me of HOME,NZ...I miss our NATIVE BUSH ESPECIALLY THE TREES AND FERNS...like the "PONGA" SPIRAL...which is a symbol in art used by alot of DIFFERENT INDIGINOUS ART CULTURES INDEPENDANTLY and WORLDWIDE...more ART GUIDES COMING PLUS GUIDES TO HELP YOU INVEST IN INDIGINOUS ART ON EBAY...not just my own available on joannes_art...or other good traders I can find and recomend...I got my TOTEM from BUNNINGS...as its a WOMEN FRIENDLY HARDWARE STORE...it was a great experience as usual and I had already grabed a phamlet to TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK...WHICH I DID IN NZ...as a bussiness it's always good to get FEEDBACK especially volunteerially and for FREE...ie YOUR OWN EBAY FEEDBACK SYSTEM IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR YOU TO MAXIMISE NOW!!!read some of the thoughtful/individual and true statements I have left for nearly all of the 499(so CLOSE!!! to 500!!!)ebayers I have currently traded with...you will also see so GLARING LOOPHOLES IN MY FEEDBACK SYSTEM...with according to ebay...it is acceptable to them for a SELLER WHO ACTUALLY RIPPED ME OFF THEN ABUSED ME UNFAIRLY THRU FEEDBACK..including the USE of the word "HELL"...which as a christian,I was deeply insulted by that COMMENT...as well as the fact I had been called that when completely UNTRUE...ebay said it doesn't violate their policies which I found hard to UNDERSTAND!!!not only was she allowed to do that to me as a cyber bully but it also had a negative flow on effect to MORE NASTY FEEDBACK OF THE SAME NATURE and then the copying of the use of the same word was the last straw...I always fully UTILIALISE ALL RESPOCES TO LEAVE CLEAR TRUE FACTS...HOPING PEOPLE CAN SEE RIGHT THRU IT???I'm still trading and most that read it all have MESSAGED ME to say they FOUND IT REALLY FUNNY...so now that too is a funny permant record but I wish that word hadn't been CHOOSEN...copyright...jt...feb6,2008...welcome to my NEW READERS...please fill out a reveiw of similar bullying feedback by MAJOR SELLERS on EBAY!!!especially those who use it to bully there fellow ebay traders...which I personally don't like...p.s.fromjt...also I got a free energy light globe with my purchase which was a bussiness expensive for ebay,tax back claimable...plus I received as a reward for my continued loyalty a free exspensive/environmentally friendly globe...hence my recomendation today...