I'm brand new to posting images on any forum so if these don't show up right away...let me try again after I do some more book learnin' and ask my husband how to do it...
I have only started collecting tiki. I have a fairly large collecton of Hawaiiana which is mostly hula figures and misc. This is most of the tiki pieces I have so far.
This is the Spencers Gift yellow lighted moai and a Bali Hai mug and shot glass.
Three skull mugs I just got. The one on the left in the front was painted with red and blue but a little paint thinner and elbow grease got it off. The tall bamboo mugs, Tihati's Bora Bora, Tradewinds, and the Round House mugs I found at local thrift stores for about a buck each.
A misc. collection of mugs and stuff. I'm working on finishing the double faced, glass tiki mugs in the back. I just got a milk glass one off ebay for $5. The Doll House bamboom mug I found for $4 and my husband remembers going into that strip club when he was stationed on Oahu! Mini mugs, Tresure Craft Menehune and a Westwood Napkin holder.
These little guys I found at thrift stores for a dollar or $2. They are ashtrays and have faces on 3 corners.
This is Manulani. She came to live with us at our last luau. She was a birthday present for my husband. She came inside to the living room and never left. To the left is a lighted moai, in the Bird of Paradise is a Maori mask, the tiki torches are wired with flame shaped bulbs, on the floor is one of those plasma moai tikis (freaks the cat out big time), a carved wooden tiki girl and next to her is a monkeypod tiki. That's another Spencers Gifts green lighted moai to the right.
This is a tiki that is supposed to be from Bali. I found him in a catalog not to long ago. His body is hollow and his ahem 'member' comes out to use as a drumstick. Apparently these are at the gates of villages and are used to signal visitors. Don't know if it's true but how could I pass him up? That's a frond lei that has dried to his left.
These are a few of my wooden perfume holders along with some misc items. The tiki's head comes off to access the bottle of perfume. Next to him is a Shag lighter and in front of that is a Hawaii compact.
These are mini mugs and toothpicks. The ones on the top have no handles and were packaged as toothpick holders.
This shelf sits atop my closet in my bedroom. Another set of mini mugs and a set of Westwood 5 1/2 inch mugs.
This is the rest of the shelf with misc mugs and decanters.
These guys are Nevco mini tikis. The ones on the bottom were mint in the package untill I dropped a mug on the package and broke the two on the bottom back. They're glued back together but I'm looking for replacements for them. All I need is the light green one to show up on ebay.
Alright..there's some of my tiki collection. Feels good to share it with people who don't just roll their eyes at you! Thanks!
[ Edited by: Dancin' Lizard on 2005-01-29 23:24 ]
