The Lucite Wall in Kelbo's, Los Angeles - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Feb 3, 2008 10:06 AM I have been looking for the color version of this brochure for years, and where did one urban archaeologist (the bum in this case) have to go to find it? All the way to Ashville, North Carolina! And what a satisfying piece of Tikiana it is! Some of the best interior photos ever, AND the conversation window in all its glory! On 2008-02-03 08:48, martiki wrote: .... I never realized that the big-tooth grinning tiki and the Bumatay tiki inside the palm tree that both became mugs at the Islander were real tikis and at Kelbo's. Maybe everyone knew this already.... Maybe some knew, because it is shown in the BOT - but easy to overlook: If I would have had this brochure then, I certainly would have used the better examples depicted in it, for both of these pages. Here is a close up of Bumatay Tikis at the Sea & Jungle store: Actually, the full shot of this postcard shows a similar long nose Moai than the one on the cover of the brochure leaning by the sign, so it seems likely that this is where Tom and Jack got their Tikis from (BOT p. 234). I am currently working on a Bumatay Tiki post, coming to these pages soon. :) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-02-03 10:09 ]

I have been looking for the color version of this brochure for years, and where did one urban archaeologist (the bum in this case) have to go to find it? All the way to Ashville, North Carolina! And what a satisfying piece of Tikiana it is! Some of the best interior photos ever, AND the conversation window in all its glory!

On 2008-02-03 08:48, martiki wrote:
.... I never realized that the big-tooth grinning tiki and the Bumatay tiki inside the palm tree that both became mugs at the Islander were real tikis and at Kelbo's. Maybe everyone knew this already....

Maybe some knew, because it is shown in the BOT - but easy to overlook:

If I would have had this brochure then, I certainly would have used the better examples depicted in it, for both of these pages.
Here is a close up of Bumatay Tikis at the Sea & Jungle store:

Actually, the full shot of this postcard shows a similar long nose Moai than the one on the cover of the brochure leaning by the sign, so it seems likely that this is where Tom and Jack got their Tikis from (BOT p. 234).

I am currently working on a Bumatay Tiki post, coming to these pages soon. :)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-02-03 10:09 ]

Post #358809 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Feb 3, 2008 10:06 AM