Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Jun 19, 2011 12:32 AM What a great find, Kirbster! Always loved this specific, abstract take on a classic O.A. design. Makes one wonder how such a gallery piece became orphaned (and mistreated) so soon. Perhaps a case of a "Divorce Tiki" (as in "a Tiki from a household where one mate is not into Tiki")? On 2011-06-16 09:01, TraderDon wrote: Two cool 25inch wall hangers. We were told they were from the old Mauna Loa restaurant in Pittsburgh, but can't be for certain??? There is never any certainty in such matters (unless they appear in vintage postcards or photos of the place), but it is highly likely, since these are based on two Tiki sytyles perpetuated in the 60s and 70s: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1099&forum=5&vpost=483146

What a great find, Kirbster! Always loved this specific, abstract take on a classic O.A. design. Makes one wonder how such a gallery piece became orphaned (and mistreated) so soon. Perhaps a case of a "Divorce Tiki" (as in "a Tiki from a household where one mate is not into Tiki")?

On 2011-06-16 09:01, TraderDon wrote:
Two cool 25inch wall hangers. We were told they were from the old Mauna Loa restaurant in Pittsburgh, but can't be for certain???

There is never any certainty in such matters (unless they appear in vintage postcards or photos of the place), but it is highly likely, since these are based on two Tiki sytyles perpetuated in the 60s and 70s:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1099&forum=5&vpost=483146

Post #594225 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Jun 19, 2011 12:32 AM