Post #394678 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jul 17, 2008 1:11 PM

On 2008-07-17 11:45, TIKIBOSKO wrote:
The Tiki's at Sam's/Kona are not Milan's work but rather the carvers copied his style if you look closely you can tell, Sven knows the particulars of the story.

I think Leroy at O.A. does, better than I do :)

These are indeed the only Milan Gunako Tikis left that are still "in situ", so they deserve to be preserved and protected.

I know there is a waiting list for them, and hope they will go to a good home. I assume that the razing of the complex where they are located is delayed by the current housing crisis, which is putting a damper on new projects.

For a good sampling of Milan's work see the BOT pages 248-49. These ones here might not be his best work, but they are the largest and best preserved ones I know of, and I sure would not mind them holding up MY front porch roof.

Milan's Tiki-cut-into-palm-bark style was indeed copied often, here is a table top Tiki that was mass produced (with cuts faking palm bark) which was also used as "Kona", the bad luck idol on Gilligan's Island.

Here are some other samples of Milan's work, I really like his "noseless alien design":

At the Royal Hawaiian Laguna Beach

At the Royal Tahitian Apartments Ontario (also below)

...and at the Kapu Kai (with J. English, 1994)

Bosko, which one of these Kapu Kai ones do you have under your A-frame?

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-07-17 13:37 ]