Mai Kai - Tiki Archeology - General Tiki

K Koolau Member Oahu, Hawaii Joined: Sep 23, 2006 Posts: 323	K Koolau Posted posted on Sat, Jun 20, 2009 3:10 PM You're talking about this tiki, right? I'm still trying to get my head around this: Well the maintenance guys quickly proceeded to chop it into manageable pieces and tossed him into the dumpster!! That was an iconic tiki carved by Barney fricken West - how does it get cut up and tossed into a dumpster? In 2009? By the Mai Kai no less. My rational brain understands it was probably rotten, spongy and termite eaten, but I've seen posts on this board of people putting huge efforts into restoring old rotten tikis that didn't have any known history. How can that tiki just have been thrown away? Unbelievable.

You're talking about this tiki, right?

I'm still trying to get my head around this:

Well the maintenance guys quickly proceeded to chop it into manageable pieces and tossed him into the dumpster!!

That was an iconic tiki carved by Barney fricken West - how does it get cut up and tossed into a dumpster? In 2009? By the Mai Kai no less.

My rational brain understands it was probably rotten, spongy and termite eaten, but I've seen posts on this board of people putting huge efforts into restoring old rotten tikis that didn't have any known history. How can that tiki just have been thrown away? Unbelievable.

Post #463289 by Koolau on Sat, Jun 20, 2009 3:10 PM