Post #753684 by tikiskip on Fri, Nov 6, 2015 5:39 AM

So I just saw the movie Across the Pacific (1942) with Humphrey Bogart, and what
do I see but the basket you have pa'akiki that is used for your Kahiki lamp.

This basket was being used as a side table in The old Hotel Continental
in a guest room.
This is why I keep them on hand as tables for our pool deck during parties.

BUT, this kind of tells us this style of basket was around in 1942.
Who knows how many years they made them.
But heck the basket they used for this light at the Kahiki could have been
20 years old when they used it making it possibly as old as 75 years to date.

That's a long time for rattan to be around!

Also saw this basket in the movie To Have and Have Not. (1944)

Ok, only a tiki light geek would even care about that, but there it is.

Love this quote....
Rick Leland: Don't be an innocent bystander; they always get hurt.

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2015-11-06 06:29 ]