Post #160709 by the drunken hat on Sun, May 22, 2005 9:37 AM

thanks a lot everyone. he is in pretty rough shape and not complete (hey 33 years outside will do that to ya) but damn he has character. he has also been painted black. the paint is flaking really badly so i don't think it'll be too hard to remove.

i just got home yesterday and i have a little history that i did not have time to type up when i was at al's house.

first i would like to say that stella the former owner was a super nice lady and had one awesome house! this place was just breath taking. she is from africa and her living room was done in real animal skins, at least 3 sets of tusks, african masks and fetishes all over the place, and one of the coolest sectional sofas that i have ever seen. she had a built in bar inside her lounge and this is where the clock and cabinet where located.

as a side note i'll bet that she has some witco masks too. but she is moving and all of her masks were packed up and we could not see one in the boxes. if she had the tiki and the clock she's got to have a mask somewhere!

the tiki was installed in 1972 when the folks moved here from the east coast. it was brought from conneticut and installed by the pool.

well i better get going i've got a pump, some hose and a half barrel to buy so i can get him up and running.

here are some pics of him in his new home:

more mahalos are in order to dr z and dolphintiki for letting us crash at their place on friday nite. thanks for the tasty drinks as well!