Post #483146 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 12:39 AM

On 2009-09-11 16:56, Big Kahuna wrote:
My first Schirman & an interesting little Tiki for $5.00.

This guy was just calling my name. He's about a foot tall & I believe made out of plaster. Anyone ever seen one like him before? I'm thinking of painting him semi-gloss black so he looks like a giant Coco Joes. Whaddaya think?

These two actually were sold together, though probably either in wood OR plaster pairings, by Paul Marshall Products and others:

here is my plaster pair:

...and a vintage Val Surf ad from the BOT, probably making them the first Tikis used on T-shirts ever:

The "Surf God(ess)" was made in larger versions, and found in Tiki temples like The Polynesia, and Trader Vic's, as sand ash trays.

I would never paint original vintage Tikis. Maybe touch them up, but leave them in the state they came in.