Post #187394 by Surfinannie on Sun, Sep 18, 2005 10:14 AM

My mom and I each have Tikis of my dads. I have a picture of me as a child next to one of them that I have now acquired forty years later! I will take pics. of them all and post them here as soon as I can. On page 250 in Svens "Book of Tiki" at the bottom left hand corner, all 3 pics are my dads Tikis not Andy Bumatays. Andy (Andre) taught my dad how to carve. The middle pic. is our back yard when we lived in Van Nuys! My father got all the Palms that were cut down when Sherman Way was widened and him and Andy went to town!The mug was made after one of my dads Tikis also, of which my mom still has the Tiki! My mom just bought the mug on eBay, which is always advertized as a Bumatay Mug. Thanks for your interest in my father, Richard Ellis. He carved all the big Tikis for all of Hop Louie's Restaurants.Sven has told me he will put some info. on him in his next book, and fix those misprints. I also have some great old articles about him in the 60's in the LA Times. Will share it all if u are all interested.