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Post #210493 by mbonga on Thu, Jan 26, 2006 9:49 AM

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Whether they're considered "tiki" or not, I think they're cool. In 1969 my sister and I saw a coconut head hanging from a tree in the front yard of a neighborhood house in Yucaipa while visiting our grandparents. We didn't recognize the face at that age, but our mother informed us it was a carving of Hitler, which creeped us out. Still, it made for a memorable visit!

I only vaguely remember seeing monkey heads--I think I may have seen them in department store garden shops in the 1960s. I don't remember seeing any of them for a very long time. Thanks for the memories. Forgotten stuff like that is partly what makes this board what it is.

P.S.--I imagine if you carved up a bunch of these in the likeness of King Kong and sold them on eBay right now, you'd make a bundle.

[ Edited by: mbonga 2006-01-26 09:54 ]