Post #129000 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Sat, Dec 4, 2004 1:37 AM

Thanks again to Tangaroa for putting together this nice little field trip. Jim in his wheelchair was the nicest man you could care to know and benignly let us wander about his property, touching his precious things, and peppering him with obscure questions about tiki history. I had that same feeling I have around Bob and Leroy at Oceanic Arts - that I was very fortunate to be in the same room with an old tiki master and wished I could have spent a whole day there, asking him questions.

Unfortunately, our trip was far too short, but I came away with a rejuvenated passion for the tiki history that's still out there.

Here are a few more photos of Jim's surreal, jungle-like yard. At night, this place would have given me the creeps, because his non-tiki sculptures are so lifelike.


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A giant Babe Ruth, pointing at the wall

Various heads among tongue-like tree roots



A great old sign from, (I believe), a Tijuana Taco restaurant