Post #677630 by TikiVato on Sat, May 11, 2013 7:14 PM

Yesterday I met with Mike, a seller from craigslist. He had listed a few things that caught my eye. His former neighbor was a ninety one year old WWII veteran, Herb Wahl. Herb recently passed away from cancer. Herb started collecting tiki as soon as the war ended. Mike said many of the tiki items were sold to antique dealers but there were still many items left including the war club that I was interested in.

This is the Oceanic Arts war club that had caught my eye on craigslist. It is the same type that I found the pair of last month. It is 32" in length and was made in the 60's.

These war clubs and weapons were hanging on the wall.

Some tiki found hanging on the wall.

Some found on the counters.





This decanter is a strikow made for Kahlua between 1958 to 1960





The decanter is an original vintage Mai Kai.

Before I left, Mike offer me over twenty albums (78's) from the 30's through the 60's. Most of the albums were Hawaiian. Here's my favorites.


This inside cover reminds me of Shag's style.

I also liked the the white outline of the tiki on the album cover.

A close up of a WWII supporter of the war effort.

Mike is going to try to get photos of Herb in uniform and other details of his service to our country so that I can dedicate these findings to an early pioneer of tiki collecting. RIP Herb.

Mahalo,

TikiVato

[ Edited by: TikiVato 2013-05-11 19:22 ]