Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

PP Prikli Pear Tiki Socialite New Braunfels, Texas Joined: Jan 04, 2017 Posts: 981	PP Prikli Pear Posted posted on Sun, Oct 20, 2019 4:15 PM Very rarely does something of interest show up here in Central Texas. Maybe an occasional mug in a thrift store, or a MCM ashtray. Today, at an estate sale not a quarter mile from my house (which I almost skipped because these are filled to the gills with western/rustic chic baubles) I lucked into quite a find. I walked into the open garage and immediately spotted a folded section of... tapa cloth!? Oh, my, yes! It was in terrible condition from being folded and stored poorly, but the pattern's cool and it's the first real bark cloth I've ever found in Texas. The estate sale people considered it garbage and gave it to me for $1. Still not sure what I'm going to do with it, but I have ideas. Inside the house I found some more stuff, like this 2' carved Ku from Hawaii: A set of molded bamboo serving trays with a vintage map of Hawaii printed upon them: Some Maui place mats that look to be products of the 80s: And a set of round playing cards from the defunct Aquarena Springs, which isn't tiki at all, but a cool find from what was once the top tourist destination in the U.S. (my university now owns the property, and while the amusement park is long gone, the iconic glass bottom boats are still running):

Very rarely does something of interest show up here in Central Texas. Maybe an occasional mug in a thrift store, or a MCM ashtray. Today, at an estate sale not a quarter mile from my house (which I almost skipped because these are filled to the gills with western/rustic chic baubles) I lucked into quite a find. I walked into the open garage and immediately spotted a folded section of... tapa cloth!?

Oh, my, yes! It was in terrible condition from being folded and stored poorly, but the pattern's cool and it's the first real bark cloth I've ever found in Texas. The estate sale people considered it garbage and gave it to me for $1. Still not sure what I'm going to do with it, but I have ideas. Inside the house I found some more stuff, like this 2' carved Ku from Hawaii:

A set of molded bamboo serving trays with a vintage map of Hawaii printed upon them:

Some Maui place mats that look to be products of the 80s:

And a set of round playing cards from the defunct Aquarena Springs, which isn't tiki at all, but a cool find from what was once the top tourist destination in the U.S. (my university now owns the property, and while the amusement park is long gone, the iconic glass bottom boats are still running):

Post #798185 by Prikli Pear on Sun, Oct 20, 2019 4:15 PM