Post #143242 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Feb 25, 2005 11:07 AM

On 2005-02-25 05:48, Swanky wrote:
I inquired at Oceanic Arts about vintage decor for my new endeavor. They say this year is their best ever and tiki is such a surge that all the stuff they reacquired in the slump has all gone back out to new places in recent times.

What I mant is that Oceanic Arts is still selling or re-issuing a lot of their carvings which have been the staple of American Tiki Lounge decor since it's heyday. If you look at the Tonga Room in S.F., the Chin Tiki in Detroit, the Kon Tiki in Tuscon, the Kahiki in Ohio, the Mai Kai in Florida, they ALL have/had carvings by O.A. in them, many of which you can still buy (newly made) at their shop. If you go with the dark, unpainted war clubs and masks, there is very little difference to the vintage authentic Tiki Bar decor of the 50s and 60s. I believe this to be an incredible luxury.

And if you seek Witco carvings, Bosko and Keigs have so mastered the style that you can set their pieces next to an original, and it works.