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T TikiTomD Grand Member (6 years) Flagler Beach, FL Joined: Sep 20, 2009 Posts: 700	T TikiTomD Posted posted on Sun, Oct 23, 2011 11:19 AM While Keylo is having a good time torching the hair off the new Tiki he created for my beach house front yard (see Keylo Carving at http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=41417&forum=7&start=0), I’ve acquired an earlier carving of his that underwent a much less traumatic birth, though it’s hard to be sure. This one went to the master bedroom, only a few steps from the bar... We’ve extended the Polynesian Pop and Hawaiiana décor from the bar throughout the upper level of the beach house. Next to the Keylo Tiki is this prized antique publicity photo of the two Dukes (John “Duke” Wayne and Duke Kahanamoku) from the 1948 movie, Wake of the Red Witch, acquired from Mauna Kea Galleries in Hilo, Hawai’i more than a decade ago... Looking from the bed to the dresser... A closer view of the Hawaiian girl busts... Several signed Michael Van Dorn prints we acquired directly from the artist while strolling along the Monsarrat Avenue weekend art show near the Honolulu Zoo in 1998... Looking toward one corner of the headboard... This signed print was acquired on Kaua’i years ago... Looking toward the opposite corner... These two vintage hula girl photos from near the turn of the past century also came from Mauna Kea Galleries where we spotted them while vacationing on The Big Island... Clearly, the missionaries had not yet gotten around to enforcing their sensibilities on all the native culture. -Tom

While Keylo is having a good time torching the hair off the new Tiki he created for my beach house front yard (see Keylo Carving at http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=41417&forum=7&start=0), I’ve acquired an earlier carving of his that underwent a much less traumatic birth, though it’s hard to be sure. This one went to the master bedroom, only a few steps from the bar...

We’ve extended the Polynesian Pop and Hawaiiana décor from the bar throughout the upper level of the beach house. Next to the Keylo Tiki is this prized antique publicity photo of the two Dukes (John “Duke” Wayne and Duke Kahanamoku) from the 1948 movie, Wake of the Red Witch, acquired from Mauna Kea Galleries in Hilo, Hawai’i more than a decade ago...

Looking from the bed to the dresser...

A closer view of the Hawaiian girl busts...

Several signed Michael Van Dorn prints we acquired directly from the artist while strolling along the Monsarrat Avenue weekend art show near the Honolulu Zoo in 1998...

Looking toward one corner of the headboard...

This signed print was acquired on Kaua’i years ago...

Looking toward the opposite corner...

These two vintage hula girl photos from near the turn of the past century also came from Mauna Kea Galleries where we spotted them while vacationing on The Big Island...

Clearly, the missionaries had not yet gotten around to enforcing their sensibilities on all the native culture.

-Tom

Post #611318 by TikiTomD on Sun, Oct 23, 2011 11:19 AM