Post #118391 by puamana on Wed, Oct 6, 2004 12:29 PM

This summer, Selector Lopaka and I found this koa outrigger headboard in a local antique mall:

The sellers said that it came from the estate of a woman who moved from Hawaii to Washington, and that it came from an old Hawaiian hotel. They couldn't recall exactly which hotel, but did know that it was not from Oahu. My first thought was that it was from the Coco Palms Hotel in Kauai, since I had seen this same shaped headboard on a postcard from there:

From comparing the outrigger to the one in the postcard, it sure looks like a match. The construction on the top of it has 2 open slats, which would make sense that it was where the side pieces of the bed were attached. The postcard indicates that the outrigger beds were in the Wailua Kai Wing of the Coco Palms, and also that the paddles were lights.

I'm wondering, has anyone else ever seen or found one of these ? Does anyone know if any other Hawaii hotels aside from the Coco Palms had these ? Its pretty big, about 10 1/2 feet long, and well made of nice old koa.

[ Edited by: puamana on 2004-10-06 12:30 ]