Post #624247 by tikicoma on Wed, Feb 8, 2012 11:46 PM

Funny how you can find yourself surrounded by tiki objects. A year after we moved into our house, Jerry opened Jungle Fever Exotics a block from our house and sealed my gardening choices. Later while walking around, about a block and a half from home I noticed this lamp.

Knocking on the door the homeowner invited in the back garden where he showed me this guy.

He's about 4 1/2 feet tall and was carved by the man who built the house in the late 50's, made the lamp and it's Japanese style nail free gate.
Another day while walking four blocks south of home I ran across this split level.

By the front door and door to the garage were two of these.

They sure reminded me of the Popular Mechanics saw carved tiki god shown in the do-it-your self chapter of Tiki Modern.

The gal who lives there grew up there and bought it from her parents who owned it since the 70's when they bought it from the original owners who had it built in the 60's.

What's strange is I have yet to see any other MCM tiki (neighborhood not apartment) anywhere else in Tacoma, maybe I'll put an ad in the local Post Office newsletter to see if any of the carriers have seen any.

aloha, tikicoma