On 2010-12-04 07:57, 4WDtiki wrote:
very Witco, but without the woodgrain.

To me looks very Strikow, but without the top:

Buzzy Out!

Strikow??? Never heard of it, but I'd say you're right, Buzz.

Found these yesterday. Anyone have any info on the place? I also posted the location over in locating tiki here.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=38593&forum=2&start=last&

On 2010-11-30 07:15, trutiki wrote:
I found this massive ceramic-like bank. Bought it cheap just because I really liked it but am curious if someone has seen these before. It is about 18" tall and weighs a ton! The exterior finish looks too slick for a DIY craft but the coin cutout and stopper hole in back are really rough. Inside the the bank's legs are hardened ropes (for stabilization during creation perhaps?)No markings anywhere. Functionality wasn't thought out in the design process as the coins can slide down into the legs and get stuck there. Maybe someone modified a commercially produced piece?

doesn't it suck when you come here for info and no one is willing to help you out?

the tiki bank is an actual product...who made it ? i don't know...i have owned a few of these over the years....they are all the same size and color. As a bank, the concept was like that of a piggy bank.....fill it up then bust it to get all the money out which was why coins trapped in the leg were not an issue for the desigers. I don't recall stoppers or holes in any of the ones i had. someone put that hole in yours...i can see an outline of black marker around the hole in yours where someone made a circle to use as a guide when cutting......

now did you get this on etsy? because there is one on there really cheap......

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2010-12-05 07:40 ]

"doesn't it suck when you come here for info and no one is willing to help you out?"

Thanks for this reply. Another person also added partial info so it isn't entirely true. Btw, I bought the one on etsy. The owner paid well over what she charged for shipping, the thing is so heavy and said the hole was already there. It's not new for sure but it's recent.

I could tell it's a souvenir since its finish and casting is commercial-grade. I just like how it looks in my home office which is bright white filled with real and quasi-tiki things mixed with mostly mod colorful strange stuff that makes me smile while I work. Must be all those asceptic cubicle years spent in a "serious about design" ad agency where the red pen was about the only bright spot in the see of black and white that draws me to my version of Tiki. But isn't that the spirit of escapism that the purists wax poetic about all the time? So if an errant souvenir speaks to that ideal at gut level I think it qualifies.

I wasn't thinking I had something special so I truly appreciate all who answered for satisfying my curiosity. (Please don't take what I am about to say as a slam fellow TCers; I merely point out an impression) I think many very knowledgeable readers are following the adage "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." Non-California people like me know we have not found the holy grail as tiki is almost non-existent in many parts. Helpful information like yours is a courtesy that, forgive me, seems to take a holiday every once in a while here when an item isn't a restaurant artifact or designed by Shag.

Thank you all again for aiding my fill-in-the blank quest.

part of the problem trutiki is that tiki central has been around for so long now and the tiki resurgence has also been around for so long that most long time collectors here on tiki central are only interested in things they haven't seen yet or talked about yet...which is why most don't comment on stuff that may be familiar.....i can't blame them as i am guilty of the same thing. You can witness the same phenomenon on ebay......loads of tiki stuff that 10 years ago would have been interesting and gone for big bucks now you can't give alot of what was once sought after away.......reason being, most collectors have already gotten the common tiki items in their collections and again, we only fight on ebay over the rare stuff we don't have in our collections... it simply a case of odds. more people into tiki means more people searching in limited pool of artifacts that is rapidly shrinking as things are found and kept in collections. The more common the tiki item, the more you see it on ebay for .99 cents and it still won't sell. historical items from an actual vintage tiki establishment will always be at a premium depending on the scarcity of those items......

On 2010-12-04 13:04, 4WDtiki wrote:
Strikow??? Never heard of it, but I'd say you're right, Buzz.

Indeed:

These bottles were once quite ubiquitous in Southern California. Some even have the date stamped underneath (1963?). Though maybe we should call it "E.A. Almond" decanter, to be fair to the designer. Strickow art porcelain made other Kahlua decanters that are nice, but do not display the distinctive modernist style of his design:

...and even less artsy ceramics like this Yellowstone Park souvenir plate.

On 2010-12-04 07:57, 4WDtiki wrote:
Thank you! I love that mug, very Witco, but without the woodgrain.

I have always loved the bottle too, that's why I put it in the BOT (p.186) and never tire talking about it (as I have here before).
Although it is clearly intended to be a Pre-Columbian stone carving by virtue of the Kahlua liquor brand:

(Thank You Kate)

...it was and is such a perfect example of modern primitivism, or "Tiki Modern", that Tiki culture quickly adapted it (slightly altered), be it as concrete lawn statues (still available today)...

...as wall masks and lamp bases (no sample available)

...and as oversized roadside Tikis:

Even the master Milan Guanko gave it a try in his Tiki shop:

I am even theorizing that the choice of name and spelling for these apartments might have been inspired by that influential bottle being equated with Tiki culture:

...since the well-known Hawaiian pig dish is spelled KALUA pig. :)

Good hunting after Thanksgiving:

Nothing spectacular. Some weird pineapple things, a conch shell, a couple of Oriental mugs, a Bongo Club mug and a parrot mug.

Better. A short Trader Dick's moai and I finally found a pisco capel Moai bottle.

And the best:

A pair of Treasure Crafts dancers marked 1959. (Which as Brian Setzer says was a very good year.)

On 2010-12-03 22:01, leleliz wrote:

So this begs the question . . Did somebody make an unauthorized mold of the Strikow decanter to be used as a mug, OR was there a Strikow mug that has only now come to light? Liz's mug looks like a home-ceramics product, so are there molds out there somewhere??

I don't have a decanter for comparison, but I'm curious to know if it's a match.

Classic Silver Line Boats

[ Edited by: SilverLine 2010-12-07 15:06 ]

Found this guy at an estate sale.
He's a bit worse for wear, but had to have him.

Ok, I'm an idiot, put this in the wrong spot...

no...... you found a tiki..... and this is tiki finds, looks good to me. nice find.

Found a pair of jewel eyed moai salt & pepper shakers today.

They're a bit larger than the other ones I've seen before (shown on the right)
Aloha,
:tiki:

Ok... I was out searching for tiki yesterday and wasn't entirely successful. I did however find a really cool old Benedictine bottle/bottles. I tried to find more information on this bottle online but couldn't find not a single lead.. So... I figured I would post on here to see if anyone had any information or could point me in the right direction.
Mahalo in advance.

This weeks' stuff:

Hawaiian Madame Pele carving:

18" x 24" framed tapa turtle

Plaster Maori moko head on a stand:

The face is a little larger than life size:

I can't quite read the numbers, but I think it says it was from 1899, or 1889. :lol:

It had a couple spots where the paint had rubbed off of it. They were just on the surface, so I was able to mix a paint wash and they pretty much vanished. Here's before and after:

Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-12-12 11:01 ]

I need a break from trying to dig out from the blizzard here so I thought I'd post some images of my 2 most recent finds. The Al Harrington mug just needed to be rescued from the thrift store but I was pleasntly surprised to find the Kelvin's mug with the sticker still attached. Oh well, breaks over, back to the driveway and the 14" of snow!

Found this over the weekend: a wooden carving from the Solomon Islands:

To me it looks like the bird is about to peck the poor worried looking guy's eyes out...

... but doubtless it has some more symbolic meaning.

CN

Found a Hawaiian Room New York mug today at local junk store for a buck. Few and far between here.

Great find on the mug Bood. I know you guys have had a long dry spell on the collecting side of things. Nothing better than a good find to make your day.

I just found this image to ad to my Strickow decanter post above as a spin-off of the design, from a postcard from Sabu:

And to answer Silverline's question: Strickow did not make mugs, these are hobbyist's copy mugs, yes.

On 2010-12-07 15:05, SilverLine wrote:

On 2010-12-03 22:01, leleliz wrote:

So this begs the question . . Did somebody make an unauthorized mold of the Strikow decanter to be used as a mug, OR was there a Strikow mug that has only now come to light? Liz's mug looks like a home-ceramics product, so are there molds out there somewhere??

I don't have a decanter for comparison, but I'm curious to know if it's a match.

Bigbro,

Where is that Sabu postcard from? Never seen that one before. Too bad Strickow did not make mugs to go with the decanter, those would be a great design.

DC

Hiya DC,

That's the pool area of the Tradewinds in Tulsa OK. Same place that had Club Tradewinds and all those custom Frankoma mugs.

Sabu

On 2010-12-15 13:48, Kabuddhabuddha wrote:
Found a Hawaiian Room New York mug today at local junk store for a buck. Few and far between here.

jealous!

A friend of a friend was downsizing and asked if I wanted some tiki stuff.

There were some hidden treasures.

There were some hidden treasures.

The Politiki FDR and Reagan are cool. I like that Bosko Tipsy Bob also. Nice!

The Politiki FDR and Reagan are cool. I like that Bosko Tipsy Bob also. Nice!

Thanks Tom. I used to live up in DC so was thrilled to see the Politiki's in there. the Bosko still has it's tag which is something that all my other mugs are lacking.

[ Edited by: rwhgeek 2010-12-18 18:10 ]

On 2010-12-13 03:24, Club Nouméa wrote:
Found this over the weekend: a wooden carving from the Solomon Islands:

To me it looks like the bird is about to peck the poor worried looking guy's eyes out...

... but doubtless it has some more symbolic meaning.

CN

That is a Frigate bird and they are used by Sol. Islanders a fishing/head hunting totem.

Does your friend still have that maori plaque? It's awesome!