Need help identifying Bira Bira

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Hello, I'm hoping there will be someone out there who is familiar with
folk art, and carvings of different cultures who can possibly identify a
carving for me.

Not long ago a regular on rec.games.video.classic (news group for
classic video game collectors) found, while out searching for video game
carts, what appears to be a souvenier carving. It's a wooden figure
with a long, tapered, cylindrical head, a short, crouched body, and the
words "Bira Bira" carved on his back.

This fellow has since become somewhat of a mascott for collectors on
this group, but none of us really know what he is.

I've done about as much searching on the web as I can to find
information on Bira Bira (it's amazing just how many languages contain
the word Bira) but I really haven't turned up anything yet that's given
me a clue as to who are what he is. If anyone out there thinks they
might be able to identify this fellow you can find his image at...

http://www.infinet.com/~rbatina/other/birabira.html

I'm guessing that this figure is either Micronesian or Polynesian in
origin. But like I said, this is more a guess than anything else.

Any help identifing this figure would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

CRACKERS
(Official r.g.v.c. mascott from hell!!)

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