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On 2007-05-12 12:50, bigbrotiki wrote:
After just recently bemoaning not having come across the original artefact that was the basis of Trader Vic's (and the Kona Kai, and Sam's Seafood) Maori logo Tiki so far...
On 2007-04-18 13:07, bigbrotiki wrote:
I venture to say that Trader Vic used it first, on this menu:
..and it became the un-official Trader Vic logo Tiki, as they did not use any other Tiki design (and its variations) as much as him:
As table lamps (BOT p.6), On other menus (p.89), as swizzle stick, as cuff links (p.93), and most notably on their entrance doors and for the famous Tiki stem glass (p.95) (...did I leave any out?)
Then, also, the venerable Kona Kai chain used a variation of this guy, based on an Armet & Davis rendering, as can be seen on BOT page 143
So he carries a lot of Poly pop history mana. :)
Is also the basis for one of the Trader Dick's tiki mugs?
The mugs which are omnipresent on Ebay/
Ebay link
[ Edited by: hanford_lemoore - Shortened URL - 2007-05-13 23:30 ]
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