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Help Identify, What Is This, Is This A? Thread
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Tue, Jan 15, 2013 9:16 PM
Aha! That can happen, that's why it is indeed safer to quote so people know what you are referring to. :) |
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Tue, Jan 15, 2013 9:35 PM
Same here. I was hoping you'd remember more for me. thanks Buzzy |
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Wed, Jan 16, 2013 5:51 PM
There are quite a few very similar examples at Trader Dick's in Sparks. I believe they are thought to have been created by Eli Hedley. I documented more of them HERE. |
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Wed, Jan 16, 2013 7:09 PM
Some nice people I deal with have this tiki. They have had it for over 25 years. They bought it in the Covina area. No other history on it. It's a solid piece of lava, weighs a ton, a appears to be carved with power tools... Maybe a grinder or the like... It brings up so many questions... Who carved it? Why didn't they finish it? Was it supposed to be finished? Why did the carver pick a "cartoonish" style face? I've been looking at tiki stuff for close to 20 years and its got me stumped. I probably won't end up with it unless they come way down on the price.... Here's a few more angles of it... [ Edited by: Bora Boris 2013-01-16 19:20 ] |
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Fri, Jan 18, 2013 11:39 AM
Not mine...but trying to I.D. for a friend... Any ideas who the carver might have been? Cheers, |
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Wed, Jan 23, 2013 8:57 AM
John, email an image to Bob and Leroy. They IDed mine as Ed Crissman. |
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Aquatic Safarinaut
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Wed, Jan 23, 2013 11:40 AM
Thanks Vic...that's a good Idea... |
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Aquatic Safarinaut
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Thu, Jan 24, 2013 4:57 PM
Got this from Bob at OA... Aloha John: Usually we know many carvers styles, however we are at a loss to name a carver Sorry we could not be of more help to you John. |
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Fri, Feb 8, 2013 5:28 PM
Ed Crissman carved the many poles in the Mai-Kai if I am not mistaken. Lots of other classic carvings too... including some at Trader Vic's in Atlanta. |
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Sat, Feb 16, 2013 12:53 PM
Here's a fiberglass Tiki, about 3 feet, that I found in a junk store in Salem, OR. The guy who owned it, bought it from a guy, who bought it from a guy, who bought it from a woman, who had it in her garden. This pic is upright on my computer, but when I post him here, he follows the Beach Bum credo and lays down. :drink: Anybody got any ideas? I'm 100% that this isn't a native Tiki, due to the size I doubt it was created for home decoration (could be wrong about that). I know this wasn't part of The Thatch, Aliba, or Jasmine Tree. Well, as much as my rum fogged memory remembers anyway. I never had the chance to visit any of the other older Tiki spots in the Salem/PDX area so I personally, don't know if he graced any of those spots or not. Right now we are calling him Kumonawahnazombee. |
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Sat, Feb 16, 2013 2:40 PM
These were from Target about five years ago. |
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Coffee Pirate
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Sat, Feb 16, 2013 10:06 PM
Thanks, for the info. Maybe I should shop Target more often. Do they regularly stock Tiki stuff? |
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Sat, Feb 16, 2013 10:54 PM
It was in the garden section of Target. |
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Sun, Feb 17, 2013 2:00 AM
There were two models: the one you found and one that was all black and had a different face. Be careful, they're resin, not fiberglass, and they're thin enough to break if not handled with that in mind. |
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Sun, Feb 17, 2013 3:33 PM
They do NOT regularly stock tiki stuff. They typically only sell tiki merch during tiki season. They, the major retailer, thinks that tiki hibernates like Santa, Cupid and the Easter Bunny. |
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Mon, Feb 18, 2013 2:37 AM
Thanks for the tips. I'll probably just stick to repainting him and weatherproofing. He's not too fragile though. We took him on a PDX pub crawl. So, Target sells Tiki stuff every summer ? (I guess that is suppose to be Tiki season.) |
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Wed, Feb 20, 2013 6:57 AM
Posted this over in the velvet thread: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=3129&forum=5&vpost=668059&hilite=coral reef PTD |
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Sat, Feb 23, 2013 12:13 PM
African? Mahalo for any help |
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tikijackalope
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Tue, Feb 26, 2013 12:52 AM
Coffee Pirate, here's the other Target tiki, shot about an hour ago. It's all black and actually looks better with wet snow outlining some features. Both Target tikis were the same dimensions.
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Tue, Feb 26, 2013 9:48 PM
Okay...need a little help identifying this mug: The only marking on it is the "A" on the bottom. It is a rather goofy Tiki mug with its Native American looking skirt and sort of Lego Man hands. Can't find it on Ooga Mooga and no idea where it might have come from. Maybe someone has seen that same marking on another mug. Looks new-ish but on the other hand it does have a lot of crazing. I really can't determine it's age but I don't think it's terribly old. It traveled from Florida if that rings a bell for anyone. Some help would be much appreciated! |
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Tue, Feb 26, 2013 10:40 PM
Hmm....I think I know how I am going to repaint a few Tikis. Especially the re-gifted party city tikis. |
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Tue, Feb 26, 2013 11:27 PM
Tattoo, That is a rare mug from the annual Tiki bash The rest of you stop playing around with that cheap ass "Target" Tiki crap! :lol: |
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Wed, Feb 27, 2013 3:32 AM
Caligula's Retreat?!?! Wunderbar! |
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Wed, Feb 27, 2013 6:46 AM
Aloha Tattoo, |
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Wed, Feb 27, 2013 7:19 AM
heres the pic. [ Edited by: ron-tiki 2013-02-27 07:24 ] |
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Wed, Feb 27, 2013 8:05 PM
Thanks Ron-tiki! I figured someone would know...
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Mon, Mar 11, 2013 6:07 PM
My turn to ask "What the hell?" I found four tiki mugs the are basically the head of the Hawaiian Village Nui Nui Tiki Mug. Vegas BABY! [ Edited by: TikiPug 2013-03-11 18:07 ] |
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Mon, Mar 11, 2013 7:33 PM
Tiki Pug, Nice find! Never seen that one before. On a slightly different note, anybody recognize this Mystery Tiki Bar? A couple of cute gals framed by a painted Tiki and a Clam-Shell fountain. Nice Tiki lamps and mugs. Where, I ask, was this? DC |
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Mon, Mar 11, 2013 7:38 PM
DC, I'm gonna guess Trader Dick's in Sparks, NV? |
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Mon, Mar 11, 2013 7:59 PM
Bong, wrong! Good guess but I don't think Trader Dick's had a Coconut mug. The place looks somewhat "home-made". Maybe it's the interior of this other "Mystery" Tiki restaurant bar I posted years ago from Florida! DC |
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Mon, Mar 11, 2013 8:03 PM
The more I look at it, the more I want to say it is from England. A Beachcomber perhaps? There is a big pot of tea on the table, not American style. I have also seen painted Tiki like that in photos of the Butlins Beachcombers. DC |
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Mon, Mar 11, 2013 8:39 PM
DC, I'm not giving up especially since you are are the one who posted the lamp that made me think it was Trader Dick's in the first place. :roll: |
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Mon, Mar 11, 2013 10:59 PM
The lamp is a good clue... |
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 9:26 AM
Those lamps here are not wooden, but ceramic, the same mold than the popular (back then) black Moai mugs and plastic string lamps Oceanic arts made the wooden versions which are by the way NOT identical with the Duncan mold Moai I have seen these black ceramic Moai-on-brass-base lamps somewhere before...but where? And what is up with those weird rattan handle "gallows" sticking into the room? I give up! :) |
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 11:24 AM
Aloha,
It's totally fits for a Chinese food based menu... |
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Dagg
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 1:00 PM
first guess is Hawaii Kai, New York (formally the Lanai) |
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 1:12 PM
J, |
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bigbrotiki
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 1:46 PM
Interesting! What led you to that guess: The Tiki in the b.g., the waterfall architecture, the table lamps, the furniture...? |
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 1:56 PM
3 hours of searching this site...... Am I right? |
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 2:08 PM
Nice pic DC...as a restaurant guy, I'm focusing on the chairs. They were something you did not change out often. OGR |
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 2:09 PM
I don't think anybody here can answer that question so far....in your 3 Hr search, you must have come up with some examples that you can clip and re-paste here, then? |
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 2:19 PM
Yup, as soon as I guess it right... I have searching to do! |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 3:02 PM
While searching, if you guys come across any pictures with this lamp, let me know: JonPaul has a picture of some Trader Dick's tikis that look just like it. |
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 4:59 PM
One more guess (my head is going to explode) Is it the bar used in the movie "The Cracksman" |
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Wed, Mar 13, 2013 6:01 AM
And now I have one more movie to watch... |
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Wed, Mar 13, 2013 9:25 AM
Here is the only problem I see with this thread. There was a couple other posts right after mine and now I don't know if nobody has info on these or they got buried so fast, no one is seeing them. I am also using this post as kinda like a bump just to see if anyone has info. Thanx in advance |
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Wed, Mar 13, 2013 9:49 AM
Tiki Pug, Did you look at the previous page? Jon Paul responded to your post:
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Wed, Mar 13, 2013 10:29 AM
Sorry, but this is not a guessing game. Uninformed guessing just confuses the matter. If you have any visual evidence to support your suggestions, post them WITH the proposal and name them. British Tiki did not have any of the items on that table. Where in the film did you see anything that looks like that setting? The whole movie was shot on a set in England. |