Post #160051 by 8FT Tiki on Wed, May 18, 2005 9:28 PM

I spoke with my mother on the phone the other day and during the conversation she says to me "Oh by the way, your father has a tiki for you." Oh, cool was my reply. I thought he may have found a Leilani mug at a yard sale or something but you never know. I don't want to discourage anyone who might be lucky enough to stumble onto tiki stuff for me and is willing to pick it up. Even duplicates are great for trading right??
I didn't think too much more about it until I went over to visit a few days later and he walks in from the garage carrying this:

(Golf ball shown for scale)

I nearly flipped. He got it from a friend of his who is 90 years old and clearing out his house so he can move into assisted living.

I was lucky to get it because after my dad and brother had visited him and bought this and a bunch of old trains and related stuff, his daughter calls the house and demands that the train stuff be returned because they were to be given to a great grandson (who is 1 year old)!!! Her elderly father had been telling her and her sister for 2 years: "Come over here and get what you want before I get rid of it but they never would.
Then when they found out he was seriously cleaning house, they pounced. Luckily she didn't demand the tiki back.

All I can tell you about this cool tiki is that it is almost a foot tall and is made of plaster. It is most likely intended to have a candle inside. I do not know its age and it appears to be unmarked. I don't recall seeing it in any book or on TC. Anyone out there have any info about this guy?

When we first met.......

[ Edited by: 8FT Tiki on 2005-05-18 21:37 ]

[ Edited by: 8ft tiki on 2005-05-18 21:43 ]