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STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2813	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Fri, Jan 14, 2011 12:07 AM Reviving this old thread on the "Rarotongan Tiki" that Cargoes by Carter imported from Samoa circa 1956 to 1960. Just found evidence of another one in Hawaii from a United Air Lines brochure dated 1963: :up: looks like it was painted at one time and has weathered for a few years. For comparison, here was the one at Disneyland: And here's a similar one, more finely carved, at a Kon Tiki restaurant, from Sven's "Tiki Style" book It would be cool to see the original large-format photos of Maureen Thompson's tiki from the first page of this thread, or even current pictures of the tiki at Bongofury's house. Does anyone have any? [ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy 2011-01-14 00:16 ]

Reviving this old thread on the "Rarotongan Tiki" that Cargoes by Carter imported from Samoa circa 1956 to 1960. Just found evidence of another one in Hawaii from a United Air Lines brochure dated 1963:

:up: looks like it was painted at one time and has weathered for a few years.

For comparison, here was the one at Disneyland:

And here's a similar one, more finely carved, at a Kon Tiki restaurant, from Sven's "Tiki Style" book

It would be cool to see the original large-format photos of Maureen Thompson's tiki from the first page of this thread, or even current pictures of the tiki at Bongofury's house. Does anyone have any?

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy 2011-01-14 00:16 ]

Post #571945 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Fri, Jan 14, 2011 12:07 AM