A Hawaiian war god statue that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff bought for $7 million and donated to a museum could be a Tiki bar tchotchke worth just $5,000

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A Hawaiian war god statue that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff bought for $7 million and donated to a museum could be a Tiki bar tchotchke worth just $5,000
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Some experts told the New York Times that the statue of Hawaiian war god Ku may have been carved more recently than previously believed.

announced by the museumNow some experts have called the legitimacy of the piece into question and say it could be worth less than $5,000, according to"It's the sort of thing you see in a tiki bar," Daniel Blau, Munich-based Pacific Island art expert, told the Times.

One expert told the Times he believed the piece was made later than was previously reported, and that if it was much later, it would be valued at a four-figure sum. Though other experts told the Time they remain convinced of its origin story.

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