The Gallery of Regrettable Tiki Paint Jobs - General Tiki

TT Trader Tom Tiki Socialite West Hills, CA Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 974	TT Trader Tom Posted posted on Thu, Jun 8, 2023 4:56 AM Here is an interesting one from an Estate Sale coming up at https://www.estatesales.net/CA/South-Pasadena/91030/3687201 Looks like they took a Tahitian Cannibal Trio pole, figuring it must be a Native American Totem pole, and added the bird to the top and then gave the entire thing a new paint job with a white wipe-away finish. Maybe someone with more ambition than me can get this away from them and strip it and refinish it correctly? If you do, please show us some progress shots. :) I thought about putting this in the Collection of Cannibals thread but the paint job tipped the scale so I decided to put it here...

Here is an interesting one from an Estate Sale coming up at https://www.estatesales.net/CA/South-Pasadena/91030/3687201

tahitian cannibal pole repainted as Native American totem pole

Looks like they took a Tahitian Cannibal Trio pole, figuring it must be a Native American Totem pole, and added the bird to the top and then gave the entire thing a new paint job with a white wipe-away finish.

Maybe someone with more ambition than me can get this away from them and strip it and refinish it correctly? If you do, please show us some progress shots. :)

I thought about putting this in the Collection of Cannibals thread but the paint job tipped the scale so I decided to put it here...

Post #809343 by Trader Tom on Thu, Jun 8, 2023 4:56 AM