The Islander, Los Angeles, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 3:02 PM Hot damn, thanks for copying that first postcard, DC, I have never seen interiors of that phenomenal place. I wonder what that back wall on the upper right was embedded with...probably also Abalone shells, like the ramp outside. Not much in terms of Tiki carvings, wonder where that big guy in the LIFE photo stood. Nice to see all the images in one place. Here's a close up of the Covarrubias concept-like map on the back of the matchbook: The figure's head dress on the upper left points to the source, the "Igorot" carving on the Covarrubias Tiki map: [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-01-19 15:03 ]

Hot damn, thanks for copying that first postcard, DC, I have never seen interiors of that phenomenal place. I wonder what that back wall on the upper right was embedded with...probably also Abalone shells, like the ramp outside. Not much in terms of Tiki carvings, wonder where that big guy in the LIFE photo stood. Nice to see all the images in one place. Here's a close up of the Covarrubias concept-like map on the back of the matchbook:

The figure's head dress on the upper left points to the source, the "Igorot" carving on the Covarrubias Tiki map:

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-01-19 15:03 ]

Post #429539 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 3:02 PM