Post #27379 by Basement Kahuna on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 10:28 PM

I like both of those things on the walls...I'm with you on that.I've had both on my walls since the getgo....(don't know if the below photos of some tapa print stuff on our wall and my friend Joe with the N.G.Gope board are clear enough or too dark) I was talking about the ceiling...I like that clean look of the trimmed matting. You did a hell of a job with that. Again I say you are a true carpenter! I notice, too that your bamboo is a good size...very important to the right look. I like how you picked some New Guinea stuff from OA as well. Your mix is right on. We have several pieces in our bar from New Guinea (a large Gope board, a Paupuan Gulf shield, two Asaro ancestor figures, and two upper Sepik River spirit masks). It's really beautiful art. It seems like a lot of people don't really get exactly how diverse the mix of ingredients was in the original 50's Tiki temple. The Tikis, the weapons, the wall and ceiling flotsam from all over the Pacific Rim, the greenery, the bamboo, the music....such a fragile, enchanting, and beautiful illusion the original Tiki bars were...

[ Edited by: Basement Kahuna on 2003-03-19 22:31 ]