Post #101324 by tikijackalope on Tue, Jul 13, 2004 4:47 AM

Avert your eyes or turn off the color on your monitor. These are things I got in the bulk purchases that netted me the lamps from Aloha in Springfield MO.

I think I'll like these once they are repainted. The palm wood masks are 5', the free-standing palm wood tiki is 4'10". I think all three are Orchids of Hawaii. When I see big masks with eye and mouth openings, I think about red backlighting and dry ice:

The 3' wood masks are probably also Orchids of Hawaii. Check out the nose on the one in the middle. The other one is Philippine.

Some other Philippine stuff:

I got the unfortunately painted Witco boy and girl discussed elsewhere ( http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=1295&forum=5&start=0 ) as well as these masks. The masks are 2" thick surface burned wood with lots of nice texture. Would anyone know who made them?:

Fiberglass masks, probably 1980's Orchids of Hawaii:

I also got the pair of much-derided 7"6" fiberglass Orchids of Hawaii totems. http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=9415&forum=1&2 The fiberglass stuff should be good trading material the next time my local antique dealers come up with something I want from a miniature golf course.

Hey, I got a van full of grass:

The wood tikis I posted previously ( http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=1099&forum=5&start=780 ) and the Witco bull and Western scene ( http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=5588&forum=6&start=60 ) also came from Aloha. I must confess to an act of field collecting as I bought and removed the Witcos before they closed. Given their ongoing painting of things, I felt justified.