Post #134400 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jan 7, 2005 11:52 AM

Armet & Davis did this one too. O.A. did a lot of stuff for them and SCA, but SCA also used other people's carvings. The lintel over the door does not look like O.A., so they probably had someone else do that Maori guy too, and I have never seen another one like it.
The BOT pic is actually a blow up of a postcard and shows less than a third of the entrance, which had a long rectangular green awning. The Tiki on the right was a real statue, and the one you are asking about was one of FOUR Maori statue panels underneath the awning (hiding the awning support colums I assume).

Their style makes me think that they actually were done in New Zealand. But who knows? A&D's Louis Armet, who did most of their Polynesian jobs, died in a skiing accident in the 80s. The other man to ask would be George Nakashima, but he just died too.

Where are these panels now? These wouldn't just be tossed...probably ended up on someone's weekand cabin. When did the Portland Kon-Tiki close?