Saw these in Downtown Philly. Are they real? - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Jul 12, 2007 10:22 AM Wow! I love TC, someone always comes through. Where the hell did you get these "insider" pics? Yet they do not DIS-prove the theory of the origin of the Ku and Maori Tiki. The Tikis in the photos are all fixed, mounted column panels (whose blueprints, [together with Monkeyman's Marriot financial report cover photo-please find TC link]-will be in TIKI MODERN) (B&W of page with unrelated Kon Tiki menu) while obviously, all FREESTANDING artifacts have already been removed in the photos (even a wall-mounted, O.A.-made Easter Island paddle has been swiped). The Tiki columns at the store might come from a different place, but the Ku and Maori MIGHT still be Kona Kai Tikis. I will ask Bob and Leroy to chime in once we have more photos.

Wow! I love TC, someone always comes through. Where the hell did you get these "insider" pics?

Yet they do not DIS-prove the theory of the origin of the Ku and Maori Tiki. The Tikis in the photos are all fixed, mounted column panels (whose blueprints, [together with Monkeyman's Marriot financial report cover photo-please find TC link]-will be in TIKI MODERN)

(B&W of page with unrelated Kon Tiki menu)

while obviously, all FREESTANDING artifacts have already been removed in the photos (even a wall-mounted, O.A.-made Easter Island paddle has been swiped). The Tiki columns at the store might come from a different place, but the Ku and Maori MIGHT still be Kona Kai Tikis.

I will ask Bob and Leroy to chime in once we have more photos.

Post #318174 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jul 12, 2007 10:22 AM