Post #230189 by Tiki Lee's on Wed, May 3, 2006 12:56 AM

O.K., here's my first Savage Renewal post!

I've had these Witco pieces for about 6 years now. I bought them on eBay from a person who claimed to be an old lady in New York. She said that she and her husband took these out of a restaurant that was closing and being torn down, however, she could not remember the name of the place. I showed a photo of them to BigBro soon after I got 'em, and he couldn't place them.

My question to all of you Urban Archaeology sleuths out there is: what restaurant did these guys come from?

Here's a few more details:

The big full body tikis are 5' tall, made of two peices of wood (front and back sides) and are hollow in the middle. Obviously support post covers.

The upright face boards are about 4' tall and have the witco stencil on the backs. I actually tried to sell one of these on eBay once after 9/11 when I was out of work and dead-ass broke, and no-one bid on it. Starting bid of $9.99 with no reserve & no one bid. Shocking, hunh? I'm kinda glad now that it didn't sell, 'cuz I like having all four of 'em together.

The photo of the faceboard on the ground by the car and the trim boards were taken by the ol' gal I bought 'em from. I never recieved these. She said shipping all of the other stuff to me about "killed" her husband, so she wasn't going to ship those. I did get a refund, but I really wanted the face boards.

When I get my Tiki Den at a certain point, all these beauties are going in as permanently installed fixtures. I'll post pics as I go.

Thanks for reading my post, and I hope someone out there knows where they came from! :)