help finding tiki's style

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O Octane Member SLO California Joined: Jun 23, 2003 Posts: 316	O Octane Posted posted on Tue, Jul 22, 2003 7:16 PM here is a couple of pictures of a tiki out in front of the Harbor Hunt in Morro Bay. i wanted to know if any one knows which style of tiki it is ( Bora Bora, or what ever) not really interested in finding the carver or anything like that, but more interested in which island the style is from. thanks
R ralphtiki Member Alexandria, VA Joined: Jul 22, 2003 Posts: 5	R ralphtiki Posted posted on Tue, Jul 22, 2003 8:42 PM Wish I knew! I like the Tiki eating the other Tiki though, very cool... Newbie - sorry I can't help.
L Luckydesigns Tiki Socialite Costa Mesa Joined: Sep 15, 2002 Posts: 2374	L Luckydesigns Posted posted on Tue, Jul 22, 2003 11:09 PM I can't recognize the exact style but I've seen a tiki just like that in Oceanic Art's private collection. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of this.
TD Tiki Diablo Member socal Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1916	TD Tiki Diablo Posted posted on Tue, Jul 22, 2003 11:22 PM As far as I know, it's Sven's favorite tiki at OA. Tahitian cannibal .
TR Tiki Royale Member The Aloha Room in Beautiful Belmont, CA! Joined: Dec 06, 2002 Posts: 891	TR Tiki Royale Posted posted on Wed, Jul 23, 2003 12:17 PM Yeah, I beleive that's in the elusive "Tyson" style... Aloha :tiki:
L laney Member orange county CA Joined: May 20, 2002 Posts: 631	L laney Posted posted on Wed, Jul 23, 2003 12:33 PM Well, I hate to steal SugarCaddyDaddy's thunder but check this old thread https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=209&forum=5 [ Edited by: laney on 2003-07-23 15:53 ]
O Octane Member SLO California Joined: Jun 23, 2003 Posts: 316	O Octane Posted posted on Wed, Jul 23, 2003 1:06 PM thanks everyone i knew some one on here would know. i have been courious as i live close to the harbor hut. laney great find on the old post, it even had the exact tiki i was talking about. i guess i'm going to have to learn how to use the search features better. ralphtiki welcome to the board, its a great place, and very informative on everything tiki. i have another question does anyone have or know were some good close up pictures (front/side) of the three tikis are? so i can try to carve them thanks [ Edited by: Octane on 2003-07-23 13:36 ]
T tiki_kiliki Member Birmingham, AL Joined: Apr 01, 2002 Posts: 1046	T tiki_kiliki Posted posted on Wed, Jul 23, 2003 4:14 PM Very very nice! I can see why it's Sven's favorite! There's actually some of this style in a case at the Mai Kai - it's are a series of 3, talked about by Sven in the above thread, they all look like this guy. Yee-Haw & Aloha, The World of Tiki Kiliki [ Edited by: tiki_kiliki on 2003-07-23 16:18 ]
STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2807	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Wed, Jul 30, 2003 12:19 PM Here's the series of three cannibal tikis that Sven mentioned from the Kon-Tiki Cleveland, OH menu: Sabu
B bongofury Grand Member (6 years) Ventura County Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 1565	B bongofury Posted posted on Wed, Jul 30, 2003 12:25 PM I am blind. I posted the sameTiKi yesterday and missed this thread. Hey Octane....what happened to the big one by the entrance?
F fatuhiva Member Melbourne Beach, FL Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 638	F fatuhiva Posted posted on Wed, Jul 30, 2003 1:31 PM It's the "tahitian cannibal" a fictious poly-pop tiki that was invented for a Don the Beachcomber menu I believe.. and then got ripped off over and over until it became a style unto itself. [ Edited by: fatuhiva on 2003-07-30 13:31 ]

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