Post #152579 by polyestian on Tue, Apr 12, 2005 10:05 PM

What is this? My parents were given it, along with two matching "wall masks" back in about 1973? 1974? The masks have long since disappeared.

The "totem" is about four feet high.

I've seen another identical one--painted white with black eyes--planted in the courtyard of the "Tiki Apartments" in Seattle, so it's almost certainly a production item of some sort.

The story was friends of my parents went on a south-seas vacation and brought this back for them. More likely, said friends forgot to bring back a souvenier and stopped by the local "Railroad Salvage" to see what was on the shelf! Especially as the masks (as I recall) were mounted on plywood bases covered with a particularly tacky green cloth.

Any clues would be appreciated.