Post #718712 by bigbrotiki on Fri, May 30, 2014 12:16 PM

Great photo! That is certainly A Barney West Tiki, as we can see here:

It's good to see where that one was used!

But we were actually asking about a photo of the Bora Bora LOGO TIKI, in situ at the S.F. restaurant:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=41150&forum=1&start=0

The above photo was taken at the Redondo pier in L.A.:

http://redondobeach.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/redondo-to-revive-giant-tiki

In this article, Leroy of Oceanic Arts is quoted:

The city called Leroy Schmaltz, co-owner of Oceanic Arts in Whittier, to identify the tiki.
"I knew where it came from originally," Schmaltz said. The tiki stood outside a restaurant near San Raphael. "That restaurant kinda went defunct."

The re-erecting of the Tiki has come to a grinding halt, it seems, even "Team Tiki" on FB has given up on the slow Redondo Beach city government:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Tiki-Redondo-Beach/121437071269482

I wouldn't be surprised it it sits in some city official's backyard who just wants the whole thing be forgotten...

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2014-05-30 17:25 ]