KENNEBUNK — Police are continuing to investigate the theft of a wooden Native American statue from a Kennebunk business that took place in mid-November.

Thieves apparently stole the statue sometime between closing on Thursday, Nov. 15 and opening on Friday, Nov. 16 from the Main Street Barber Shop.

On Tuesday, shop owner Ed Beckett said that he bought the 4 foot tall, 60- to 70-pound statue about 10 years ago from a woodworker on the North Shore of Massachusetts who had acquired it second-hand from the Philippines. He estimated the statue to be about 50 years old.

Beckett said the statue had always been situated on the floor inside the shop, but as the holiday season approached, floor space was at a premium and so it was put out on the porch each morning and then back in the shop each day at closing.

According to Beckett, he said he’d joked to the others who work at the barber shop that someday they’d end up forgetting to bring the statute back inside and that is exactly what happened.

Kennebunk Police Detective Stephen Borst said the statue is valued at about $2,000.

Anyone with information that can assist in the investigation is asked to contact Borst at 604-1319 or by email at sborst@kennebunkmaine.us.

Those with information who wish to remain anonymous may use the police tip line at 985-6121, ext. 1622.

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 780-9016 or twells@journaltribune.com.