Post #777716 by creativenative on Tue, Jul 11, 2017 3:36 AM

Found these recently. The Maori tiki is from a street vendor cart in the Hilton Hawaiian Village, of all places (love the quality and black tattoo). I found it among more inferior tiki that are mass produced in Asia for the tourist market. The Ku image I found in a Hawaiian shop in the new Ka Makana Ali'i shopping center in the city of Kapolei, of all places. The store sells mostly contemporary Hawaiian crafts and prints such as T-shirts but surprisingly they also sell a small about of mid-century tiki items like this Ku image. The age and wear and tear is evident, which I decided to leave as is instead of restoring it. Lastly in the background is a tapa print I bought in the Bishop Museum store. Not of all places but a for sure place - haha.