Post #288035 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Feb 25, 2007 8:12 AM

Hmm, 4 feet sounds a little small for Bremerton apartment Tikis. "Primitiva Washingtonia" grew rather tall, as the following slides will show:

First the apparently no longer extant Kona Village apartments, Bremerton. Though the Tiki settlements up North did not quite have the architectural finesse and detail than their Southern California counterparts, they nevertheless feature tall Tikis, gas-fed torches, and other unique touches:

An important rule in Tiki photography: When aiming to convey Tiki size, always try to engage a human to pose with the godhead. When seen mit-out homo erectus, as in the photo above, one can merely guess at the scale of these babies...

..but with the addition of a friendly Kona Village native, things are truly put in proportion:

Inside, water features and Tiki torches ad to the theme. In the background, we see the balconies lined with simple, cut out Tiki masks:

Next, let's visit the Tongaroa apartments in Bremerton, with their strange sawed fishing gods:

These unique carvings are backlit, and have a distinct style of their own.

Now on to some of the Tacoma Tiki settlements, first the Polynesia Village:

Would that be...the Tiki Gardener?

Though architecturally basic Northern woods style, the Polynesia is inhabited by quiet a few slender Tiki gods.

The Hawaiian Village must have been quite a sight in its heyday (see brochure BOT p.217, rendering in B.G of p.218/219, and Barney West Moai on p.227)

Now this is one of the few gods left on the grounds:

And last not least, a tall one at Tacoma's "Tiki Apartments"...need we say more?