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Post #734652 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jan 8, 2015 8:57 AM

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I wish ALL post on Tiki Central would be like this: A VISUAL horn of plenty of Tiki eye candy! You are taking us on a iconographic journey that makes Tiki and Tahiti tangible - and adding a historic dimension to it.

This is my favorite photo of James Norman Hall, at his home with his wife - and a Tiki lamp between them :)


(thanks to Tatoo)

…and (as a writer) I love this fore/after-word by James Michener about him:

No "island telegraph" was beating the drum when I was bogged down on my chapters! :D

Also noteworthy is that he was the uncle of "Hurricane" star Jon Hall:

Funny thing is, Jon Hall took on the name as his stage name, as related here by actor Ben Chapman: