Recents :)

A new Maori piece for the collection, I really like the style of this carving.

I found these on a weekend shopping expedition. It is the most I have found all at once. The two on the rear left seem to be an original vintage (black) and a modern reproduction (tan).

The Moai was separate from all the others. It seems to be really high quality work.

The little guys are all a little different. The one on the left is marked "RC CO, LTD." The middle one is Coco Joe's. The right, taller one has no markings.

I can't quite figure out what the monkey head is. It looks tiki but I don't think I have ever seen a monkey head before. It has "Dix 385" hand carved on the bottom.

Scored these three tiles for free.

Destined to be lashed into a frame and displayed in the walls of voodoo sometime in the near future...

Also picked this up from a Palm Springs thrift store:

Same artwork as 1961surf's poster find. The pic in this album's case is part of a small booklet in the gatefold.

-mark

[ Edited by: markmywords 2013-04-11 10:19 ]

[ Edited by: markmywords 2013-04-11 10:20 ]

Found at a collector show....

Lady on the left had it for over 40 yrs, received it when she was in her 20's

She got it from her neighbor who was a contractor working at the International Market Place... Maybe a Brownlee?

Swapmeet find...


Cannibal lamp bases and Diamond Head painting by Fontanilla

I am always amazed at the finds people have. So much great stuff. I'm excited if I find an actual Hawaiian shirt or a piece of Monkeypod. I'm not sure what I would do if I ever stumbled across some of these other finds. HAHA!

Great stuff everyone. Now if you would like to send some of that down here toward SC where there seems to be an amazing shortage of ANYTHING, I will happily give it all a great home.

Dale

On 2013-02-24 16:27, LoriLovesTiki wrote:
I just wanted to say that although I've only posted once before on this particular thread I do check it often and love seeing everyone's finds.

Sadly, I have never seen any tiki items in the "wild" here in NJ so I don't have anything to post. But maybe I'll do better during this year's yard sale season. You niver know, right?

I've checked garage sales, the Salvation Army, a flea market and some rummage type sales. Nada. Sigh.

Congrats to those of you who score these amazing finds. I am most jealous!!

Lori, although I am still a newbie at all of this, it took me almost a year of looking before I found my first "wild" tiki. After that, it was like the flood gates opened. I started finding more stuff. Just keep looking, they are out there. :D

This was taped to the back.

Nice finds everyone!

Scored this today :)

Giles and longbeach, those are some awesome scores. Very, very, nice.

Where did you get your finds TLB. Very nice. Tiki gods are smiling at us, Here's what I got at the swap meet this morning. The patina on these carvings make me believe these are vintage. The vendor said he bought these pieces from an Antique store from his hometown in Bakersfield. He did not have any idea who carved them.
This one measures 36"X18", the table is 42".

These Two measures 32" in height.

On 2013-04-14 13:37, TikiVato wrote:
Where did you get your finds TLB. Very nice. Tiki gods are smiling at us, Here's what I got at the swap meet this morning. The patina on these carvings make me believe these are vintage. The vendor said he bought these pieces from an Antique store from his hometown in Bakersfield. He did not have any idea who carved them.
This one measures 36"X18", the table is 42".

Your finds are much cooler than my finds!

Nice finds TV. I like those matched Maori clubs. You know it's bad luck to keep two Maori war clubs under one roof-let your older brother help you out and store one for you. Btw, your pieces are a pretty good size-wonder if they're from some forgotten tiki establishment up in Kern county?

you guys are kickin ars...

quick trip to San Diego...

Trader Morts

Wangs

and about 10 other stops...

Treasure craft Hawaii ash tray

Frankoma T-9 shell

Huge Coco Joes and some bar stock to show its size

good weekend...

Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2013-04-15 08:10 ]

H10, you stole the words right outta my mouf. You had a "good weekend". Jon, I like that hibiscus/KU tidbit tray. Does it have a makers mark?
Cheers,
David

Wow. I'd almost wager a guess that those are old OA pieces. The war clubs and mask. They certainly fit the bill.

I wondered who thought, "let's make a ceramic human head. The hair will go up and people will stick a straw in it to drink fruity rum drinks!"

That being said, great find hang10tiki. I want one too!

hang10tiki, you and the rest of the guys hunt so well. It's rare for us to find anything. I keep Dan happy by just making him stuff. Wendy

David- it's a treasure craft Hawaii ashtray
Krik- and it's a heavy mug too, you can still get them from Tiki Farm
Wendy- Dan-O is one lucky guy to be able to "work for tiki"
The shell bowl above is Frankoma T-9, wife spotted that one. :)

This week was decent....

first I scored these 2 AWESOME MUGS!!!!!

Just kidding.... Just kidding...

Okay how about These 2 mugs instead.....

some other stuff...

I scored about 17 days worth of the "Polynesian". They are the daily publication for the Matson line ship the SS Mariposa. 1958....Very interesting stuff.

But the most fun this week was a scrapbook I bought at the swapmeet from 1967. An old lady from the Paramount Club took a 15 day, 5 Island, $495 tour thru the hawaiian islands.
Now the good news is somebodys Grandma saved everything.... There's postcards, news articles, restaurant placemats, brochures, menus, maps, a coco joes flyer, stuff from molokai, and a lot of stuff from the Coco Palms in Kauai.
Bad news is grandma used some good ol'fashion 1967 glue made from animal parts and a now extinct plant from the rainforest. This stuff ain't coming off.
I think im just gonna have the page holes fixed and put the album back together....either way its super fun to look thru.

I scored some good nautical stuff too this week. Some marked glass floats and some cork floats...

On 2013-04-15 06:34, krikkitbot wrote:
I wondered who thought, "let's make a ceramic human head. The hair will go up and people will stick a straw in it to drink fruity rum drinks!"

That being said, great find hang10tiki. I want one too!

Ren Clark? As far as I know, he was the first. Anyone else wanna chime in?

On 2013-04-15 11:17, Hale Tiki wrote:

On 2013-04-15 06:34, krikkitbot wrote:
I wondered who thought, "let's make a ceramic human head. The hair will go up and people will stick a straw in it to drink fruity rum drinks!"

That being said, great find hang10tiki. I want one too!

Ren Clark? As far as I know, he was the first. Anyone else wanna chime in?

Drinking vessels in the shape of human and animal heads have been around for thousands of years. Greeks, Romans, Incans, Persians, etc all did it. Some cultures even drank out of real human skulls.
Lord Byron drank out of human skull goblet inscribed with his poem "Lines Inscribed Upon A Cup Formed From A Skull". You can buy a replica online.
People wanting to drink out of freaky things has been going on for a long time.

Tibetan carved skull.

On 2013-04-15 06:28, Hale Tiki wrote:
Wow. I'd almost wager a guess that those are old OA pieces. The war clubs and mask. They certainly fit the bill.

You would have won your wager. I went to OA and Leroy and Bob confirmed that these were made by them in the 60's. They said they did a lot of work for a then new restaurant "Surf Rider" including a giant bamboo trap. They said they supplied the S R with lots of tiki items but didn't recall if they purchased any of my finds. They still sell these war clubs and mask (newer versions).

On 2013-04-15 13:27, TikiVato wrote:

On 2013-04-15 06:28, Hale Tiki wrote:
Wow. I'd almost wager a guess that those are old OA pieces. The war clubs and mask. They certainly fit the bill.

You would have won your wager. I went to OA and Leroy and Bob confirmed that these were made by them in the 60's. They said they did a lot of work for a then new restaurant "Surf Rider" including a giant bamboo trap. They said they supplied the S R with lots of tiki items but didn't recall if they purchased any of my finds. They still sell these war clubs and mask (newer versions).

Sir,

I tip my hat to you!

PTD

Great stuff, TV!

I didn't know the clubs were that big! That's amazing.

Killer, TV!!

Tiki find of the weekend, or should I say, good-looooooong-while. The owner of the antique store that housed these said they'd been there for a year, and on and off Craigslist during that time. At any rate, she was happy to get rid of them, and I was happy to take them home.

They're both about 37" tall, and the female has a note on the back that says they were painted by "Barbara". Not a very Sepik name, but a nice job nonetheless.

I also found a Don the Beachcomber barrel in the same store. I'm still excited.

Woody

On 2013-04-15 13:27, tikilongbeach wrote:

On 2013-04-15 11:17, Hale Tiki wrote:

On 2013-04-15 06:34, krikkitbot wrote:
I wondered who thought, "let's make a ceramic human head. The hair will go up and people will stick a straw in it to drink fruity rum drinks!"

That being said, great find hang10tiki. I want one too!

Ren Clark? As far as I know, he was the first. Anyone else wanna chime in?

Drinking vessels in the shape of human and animal heads have been around for thousands of years. Greeks, Romans, Incans, Persians, etc all did it. Some cultures even drank out of real human skulls.
Lord Byron drank out of human skull goblet inscribed with his poem "Lines Inscribed Upon A Cup Formed From A Skull". You can buy a replica online.
People wanting to drink out of freaky things has been going on for a long time.

Tibetan carved skull.

Mister bigshot with his fancy schmancy art degree, and his shoes with laces. Pffbt. :D

On 2013-04-16 04:48, Hale Tiki wrote:

On 2013-04-15 13:27, tikilongbeach wrote:

On 2013-04-15 11:17, Hale Tiki wrote:

On 2013-04-15 06:34, krikkitbot wrote:
I wondered who thought, "let's make a ceramic human head. The hair will go up and people will stick a straw in it to drink fruity rum drinks!"

That being said, great find hang10tiki. I want one too!

Ren Clark? As far as I know, he was the first. Anyone else wanna chime in?

Drinking vessels in the shape of human and animal heads have been around for thousands of years. Greeks, Romans, Incans, Persians, etc all did it. Some cultures even drank out of real human skulls.
Lord Byron drank out of human skull goblet inscribed with his poem "Lines Inscribed Upon A Cup Formed From A Skull". You can buy a replica online.
People wanting to drink out of freaky things has been going on for a long time.

Tibetan carved skull.

Mister bigshot with his fancy schmancy art degree, and his shoes with laces. Pffbt. :D

Mister bigshot? My name is Lori and I do not have an art school degree. :) I have always liked the macabre so carved skulls falls under weird crap I like.
Here's some fun trivia, the ancient Hawaiians used to use the skulls of warriors they killed as chamber pots.
That is enough derailing of the tiki finds thread.

On 2013-04-16 11:36, tikilongbeach wrote:

Mister bigshot? My name is Lori and I do not have an art school degree. :) I have always liked the macabre so carved skulls falls under weird crap I like.
Here's some fun trivia, the ancient Hawaiians used to use the skulls of warriors they killed as chamber pots.
That is enough derailing of the tiki finds thread.

Yeah, that was probably only funny to anyone that's ever heard Zombo on the radio. Weird guy. Great guy, but weird, in the best way. I was being a smarty-pants. And I DO have an art degree. But the Ren Clark supposition was limiting myself to ceramic human heads/tiki. Those old vases are cool though, that you posted. It kind of draws a connection to the African stuff that the Trader Vic's Kona Grog Mug is based on. You mention of the macabre just gave me a good idea. I think I'm going to do shrunken head straws, for tiki drinks. "Real" shrunken heads on "bamboo" straws. As long as you don't get the hair in the mug, that'll look awesome!