Post #747521 by tikicoma on Mon, Jul 20, 2015 9:22 PM

Andrea and Sven, this has really caught my interest, but unless Andy Bumatay changed his carving style the Washington apt tikis sure don't look like the ones he did in Cali. But in 2011 there was a craigslist ad up here for an 8 foot cedar tiki said to be 50 years old that was found in Burien WA that does remind me of of the Cali style. (they said it was made by the famous Hawaiian carver Weiwiuli, but this "famous" carver doesn't even seem to exist on the web)

But the reference to the Golden Door reminded me of Tani and the South Sea Islanders,

whose group performed there for nearly 20 years. Andrea is it possible your father performed with them? And could he be one of these men? (sorry for the bad photo quality)

the first 3 pictures were in taken in the lounge of the Golden Door, they did 2 shows a night on weekends the first in the restaurant the late show in the lounge. The last (blurry) pic was at Tani's home in... Burien! (and she's been selling her stuff for awhile, don't know for how long though)

Lastly, there is this shot added because of the huge mask,from one of their shows, that looks a bit like Bumatay's style. (kinda,sorta,maybe)

aloha, tikicoma