Post #581251 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Mar 22, 2011 12:18 AM

Ah, the above mug is a close kin to these two famous Bob Hope Tikis:

On 2011-03-20 19:38, GROG wrote:
And Bigbro provided the name of the artist. :)

That is sweet, Grogster, but I was really only referring to the originator of Tiki Bob, just like TikiKirby said.

I am just sad that only ten years after the story of Bob was revealed, his origins are already forgotten. To me, the history of an art object gives it context and depth, and MEANING. Otherwise they are just funny faces lined up on a shelf.

Here is my attempt to remind people:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=39043&forum=17&vpost=581249