Post #117768 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Oct 3, 2004 4:41 AM

Oh wow...I saw this myself in the back upstairs offices of the Kahiki. It was an archeologically interesting find supporting my theory that the Kahiki not only "inherited" the Mystery Girl ritual from the Mai Kai, but also attempted to copy the ingenious mystery BOWL concept, where the straws go through the mouths of the Tiki.
I have only seen one photo of that KAHIKI mystery bowl in a menu, the Tikis looked better, more Ku-like in it. They might have only made a sample of it, declining to mass produce it because of cost, instead using the more Aztec looking (now equally rare) Hoffmann design.

So this is a historically valuable item, but I hesitate to join the bid fest, being disinclined to pay more than 500.- bucks for it, to which it will rise no doubt. The one on page 137 of the BOT still looks the best to me in glaze and detail, I have never seen one like it in the wild. And now that Tiki Farm is making it again...

Still, I hope one of US gets it, and maybe later it can be used in a Tiki Museum.