Post #489363 by Swanky on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 9:53 AM

On 2009-10-20 16:32, GatorRob wrote:

On 2009-10-18 15:02, tiki_kiliki wrote:
The other thought I had about this Mr. Trueman is maybe he was the one that sculpted and made the large Maoi outside the Mai-Kai years ago that was stolen. Chip and Andy have vintage photos of this Maoi with 2 ladies pictured and I tried to find it here on TC - maybe they'll see this and post it.

Christie, you already know how wonderful I think this story is. Thanks for posting this. And I REALLY want to know what the Mai-Kai connection is here and where the mold is in that photo. (Wonder if it's in the Mai-Kai storage?)

Here's the picture you were looking for (thanks to C&A for the original post):

But I thought at some point (memory fails me) we determined that this Moai was done by someone else. I'm thinking there was a Barney West newspaper photo somewhere with this in it, but I just can't put my finger on it. I could be off base on that.

That one looks like stone, not concrete. Carved, not cast. Prolly not the same person.