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Post #731251 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Nov 11, 2014 12:36 PM

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Problem is (IF Wyoming is correct as the location) that none of the "-tiki" mines I found are located in Wyoming. Most are in Kentucky. Here's the ones I came up with:

Dotiki mine, Kentucky
Martiki mine, Kentucky
Pontiki mine, Kentucky
Toptiki mine, Kentucky
Mettiki mine, Maryland
Pattiki mine, Illinois

Somewhere else I remember reading that 4 of these full size Tikis were made, but I am not sure anymore. One stood at the Mapco offices (which do not exist anymore). The crux would be to find an image of one of the others at one of the Tiki mines.

I have no idea how many of the small promotional statues were made. They are lightweight resin. Mine was given to me by Kevin Kidney, who got it from a relative. I placed it in the opening display of my TIKI POP exhibition at the Musee Quai Branly in Paris: