Post #595140 by Tipsy McStagger on Mon, Jun 27, 2011 5:14 AM

There was suprisingly very little in there. What you mainly had were three carved tikis from O.A. - these were the most unique and interesting of all the stuff. There were many war clubs, png masks, some spears and such on the walls but all of it is still made by O.A. to this day and avaialable through their catalog. There were 3 orange glass ball float lamps and only 2- 3 hawaiian hanging lamps and those were in bad shape and in need of repair. There were no smalls. - no menus, no mugs, not a single matchbook. seriously, that's all there was. The bulk of the decor consisted of large 4" - 6" bamboo and about 20 or more carved o.a. poles, carved fence posts and railings. What made the place cool was the rock walls, fountains and small rivers that ran throughout the place but none of that is salvageable to anyone. There were also 2 outrigger canoes.... a small one on the ceiling and a water logged larger one down on the ground by the water. Most of the hanging lights had been replaced years ago by bad contemporary fixtures, paper chinese lanterns or 80's nautical style ship lanterns.....

here's more pics from that day -

these are the last pictures taken of the interior of the Kona Kai that anyone will ever see again.........

the first 2 black and white pics are from a giant photograph in the hall way that was not for sale. It's from china town back in the day. I just thought it was kinda cool.... It shows the old CHIAM restuarant.

these beams had holes at the end out of which hanging lamps were affixed to the end. they hadn't had lamps in them for years but could still be used that way.

an O.A. ku mounted on a wooden tree stump... O.A. sells this ku - it's actually not carved out of the stump but separate, made to look like it was carved out of the stump.- the tiki is removable.

this medium size tiki was one of the 3 tikis of any interest in there.

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2011-06-27 05:32 ]