Are these from the Trader Vic's warehouse sale? - General Tiki

K Koolau Member Oahu, Hawaii Joined: Sep 23, 2006 Posts: 323	K Koolau Posted posted on Sun, Apr 6, 2008 11:59 AM Crap - this is so hard. I can recognize a Bumatay or Barney West on one end of the tiki spectrum, and that alien football-head tiki on the other, but much else in between is a muddle. I guessed that the two tikis above were modern, but probably not for the right reasons. The one on the left looks wrong because of that stylized root ball - a traditional tiki wouldn't have it, and a Poly Pop tiki would have an actual root ball. But I thought the one on the right was new because it's a copy of an old Coco Joe's tiki. I always thought those flat eyes were representations of sun glasses - I've never seen a Hawaiian carving like that; I'll have to look for it.

Crap - this is so hard. I can recognize a Bumatay or Barney West on one end of the tiki spectrum, and that alien football-head tiki on the other, but much else in between is a muddle. I guessed that the two tikis above were modern, but probably not for the right reasons. The one on the left looks wrong because of that stylized root ball - a traditional tiki wouldn't have it, and a Poly Pop tiki would have an actual root ball. But I thought the one on the right was new because it's a copy of an old Coco Joe's tiki. I always thought those flat eyes were representations of sun glasses - I've never seen a Hawaiian carving like that; I'll have to look for it.

Post #371975 by Koolau on Sun, Apr 6, 2008 11:59 AM