Post #692533 by Tipsy McStagger on Thu, Sep 5, 2013 5:16 AM

On 2013-09-04 22:28, Ragbag Comics wrote:
Posted this over in the "What the hell is this...?" thread, but figured I'd re-post here for more opinions and eyeballs on where these things might've come from...

Picked up this set of HUGE hanging bamboo basket lamps over the weekend.

They came from a couple in Indianapolis who got them at an estate sale somewhere close by, in the Midwest (though they couldn't recall where it was), and said there was a ton of other similar lighting in large tubs (and that this was some time ago.)

These are BIG... each lamp hangs like a pendulum, at over 5ft long.

They were clearly hardwired, once upon a time, into some VERY high ceilings.

They're definitely old, based on the patina of the wood, and the condition of the wall mounts and the switches on them.

They almost look like fish trap lights (but are mounted the wrong way) and they kinda look like snow shoes, so I wonder if they were in a lodge or something?

But they're made of bamboo, which screams tiki to me...

Anybody ever seen anything like these?

You can get a sense of the scale in this photo- those are the bamboo circular club chairs we have in our living room in the background (and these puppies are laying right next to 'em...)

Experts... please expert-ify...

--Pete

i think those are snow shoe lamps. definately not tiki but i may have to take one off your hands.....

" I may not know karate..... but I do know crazy !!"

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2013-09-05 05:17 ]

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2013-09-05 05:18 ]