Post #672540 by abstractiki on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 6:45 PM

On 2013-03-26 21:36, tobunga wrote:
Great work again, Abstractiki!

Thanks so much for sharing your latest discovery! So great to find out not all was lost from the Islander.

Do you have any idea where in the restaurant these hung?

What was the condition of the paintings when you saw them up close? Have the aged well? Sometimes it's hard to get a proper assessment from photos

Oh! And do you have a approximate size on the moai that was out in front?

Mahalos again for all your tiki sleuthing!

Thanks T,
The paintings were in pretty good shape,some scratches and blemishes here and there and some were better than others. They basically haven't been moved in 30 years but they do have a few imperfections and i'm sure they faded from their original brightness when new due to smoke and dust in the restaurant.

The only one with a major tear was the third one down. She is standing holding a white sheet behind her. She has a large cut to the left of her stomach. It is about 5 or 6 inches long. The owner told me that this one was hanging in the kitchen. All the rest were hanging in the main dinning area.

The Moi was 5.5 ft tall and about a foot was buried in cement so i would say it was about 6 and 1/2 feet tall.