South Pacific Polynesian Restaurant & Gardens, Hallandale, FL (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

N Nakoa Member Davie, Florida Joined: Sep 19, 2019 Posts: 7	N Nakoa Posted posted on Thu, Sep 26, 2019 1:14 AM On 2019-09-25 08:04, bigbrotiki wrote: Yes, wonderful pictures, and good scans. Love the old-style portrait photography. I am a photographer/writer who has done a couple of books on Polynesian pop culture. Do you have any pictures of your dad's Tikis, and the restaurant exterior or interior. I would love to be able to put them into one of my future publications. Here's what I have done so far: https://www.amazon.com/Sven-A.-Kirsten/e/B001K1N9DI/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 I don't have any pics of the tikis outside of the South Pacific many of our photos were lost during hurricane Andrew. It's a pain staking process to restore the ones I do have which is still many of these clubs. Most of the ones that did survive was from the South Pacific, Luau and the Outrigger Inn. Like I said the big tikis he made for the South Pacific ended up at the Mai Kai. Here is a small tiki he made in the 60's I have a pic of him carving it somewhere. Here is another small tiki he made for our living room and he made several mini tikis around the house. This is pops with my younger brother the tikis are in the background. Photo taken in late 60's.. Another view of the tiki with my grandfather (mom side) on the left and Faatoia Tufele a knife dancer married to my auntie Hinano. The last tiki he made he sent it to me and it sits in my den. I drop it and cracked it so I got to figure out how to repair it. He made this from a telephone pole and it weighs around 60lbs. He's too old to make them so I was surprised when he gave me this for my birthday a few years ago. He just uses his hands and a chisel old school style. [ Edited by: Nakoa 2019-09-26 01:16 ] [ Edited by: Nakoa 2019-09-26 01:56 ]

On 2019-09-25 08:04, bigbrotiki wrote:
Yes, wonderful pictures, and good scans. Love the old-style portrait photography. I am a photographer/writer who has done a couple of books on Polynesian pop culture. Do you have any pictures of your dad's Tikis, and the restaurant exterior or interior. I would love to be able to put them into one of my future publications. Here's what I have done so far:

https://www.amazon.com/Sven-A.-Kirsten/e/B001K1N9DI/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

I don't have any pics of the tikis outside of the South Pacific many of our photos were lost during hurricane Andrew. It's a pain staking process to restore the ones I do have which is still many of these clubs. Most of the ones that did survive was from the South Pacific, Luau and the Outrigger Inn. Like I said the big tikis he made for the South Pacific ended up at the Mai Kai.

Here is a small tiki he made in the 60's I have a pic of him carving it somewhere.

Here is another small tiki he made for our living room and he made several mini tikis around the house. This is pops with my younger brother the tikis are in the background. Photo taken in late 60's..

Another view of the tiki with my grandfather (mom side) on the left and Faatoia Tufele a knife dancer married to my auntie Hinano.

The last tiki he made he sent it to me and it sits in my den. I drop it and cracked it so I got to figure out how to repair it. He made this from a telephone pole and it weighs around 60lbs. He's too old to make them so I was surprised when he gave me this for my birthday a few years ago. He just uses his hands and a chisel old school style.

[ Edited by: Nakoa 2019-09-26 01:16 ]

[ Edited by: Nakoa 2019-09-26 01:56 ]

Post #797640 by Nakoa on Thu, Sep 26, 2019 1:14 AM