Tiki Central / Collecting Tiki / MEXICAN MOAI? a new collection thread?
Post #445763 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Apr 8, 2009 2:35 PM
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That is a cheapo-but-cool plaster item offered in the 60s by Paul Marshall Products in L.A. and Johnson Products in Chicago:
I love the text:
They were pretty common in L.A. until the late 90s, when Tiki collecting became a wider sport. Oceanic Arts did a nice lamp based on it a couple of years ago, I got one:
It was also used as a cheap prop on Gilligan's Island, as mentioned here: Could someone post a frame capture from that episode here? :) |
