Post #194178 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Fri, Oct 21, 2005 9:32 PM

Looks like one of those Orchids Of Hawaii masks that were popular with the East-coast Chinese restaurants. Quoted from bigbrotiki in another thread:

These kind of Tiki masks and poles were standard Orchids of Hawaii issue, offered in their catalogue with tons of other Chinese decor, and made into the early 90s. They got more colorful and cheaper looking as the Tiki devolution of the 80s progressed.

The mask stolen from the retirement village looks to be possibly an early model. (I believe they were making these in the early 1960s).

You can see similar painted masks in these threads:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1099&forum=5&vpost=101324

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=9152&forum=1

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=11646&forum=1
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=44403&hl=

Sabu

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy 2005-10-21 21:47 ]