Mauna Loa Lounge, Mayfair Hotel, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 11:57 AM DANG! ....Dan, forgive me for maybe veering off this thread too much, but something JUST clicked for me. And the "Dang" is for it happening too late for inclusion on page 79 (the Mauna Loa menu/swizzle) of Tiki Modern: The logo Tiki of the Mexico City Mauna Loa is not just ANY Marquesan Tiki, as I foolishly assumed so far, but it is based on THE most influential Tiki in 20th Century art! PICASSO'S favorite Tiki (!): ... which he acquired as early as 1912 (!), as one of the first primitive carvings in his possession! Here is the photo of his pal Apollinaire with the Tiki in Picasso's studio that I showed in The BOT: ...and here is the man himself in the 1950s adoring his muse!: Arrrr...how could I, Mr. "Recognize-any-Tiki-anywhere", miss that for so long? Thanks for posting that matchbook, Trav, that made it click for me.

DANG! ....Dan, forgive me for maybe veering off this thread too much, but something JUST clicked for me. And the "Dang" is for it happening too late for inclusion on page 79 (the Mauna Loa menu/swizzle) of Tiki Modern:

The logo Tiki of the Mexico City Mauna Loa is not just ANY Marquesan Tiki, as I foolishly assumed so far, but it is based on THE most influential Tiki in 20th Century art! PICASSO'S favorite Tiki (!):

... which he acquired as early as 1912 (!), as one of the first primitive carvings in his possession! Here is the photo of his pal Apollinaire with the Tiki in Picasso's studio that I showed in The BOT:

...and here is the man himself in the 1950s adoring his muse!:

Arrrr...how could I, Mr. "Recognize-any-Tiki-anywhere", miss that for so long? Thanks for posting that matchbook, Trav, that made it click for me.

Post #363189 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 11:57 AM