Help Identify, What Is This, Is This A? Thread

On 2013-03-13 10:29, bigbrotiki wrote:

On 2013-03-12 16:59, Dagg wrote:
One more guess (my head is going to explode)

Is it the bar used in the movie "The Cracksman"

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.

Hate to derail this thread any further....

The outside pic of the tiki bar in the movie was simply named "tiki"
The waterfall in the Mayfair beachcomber looked similar to DC's original pic
the set was "home-made"
in England
ugly painted tikis

Granted i couldn't find the lamp or (halls?) teapot... but it wasn't just a wild ass guess....

Found it - not the lamps gave it away, but the weird rattan arches sticking out from the chairs:

The Aku Aku at the Stardust Casino Las Vegas

The lamps do confirm the location. Tipsy even commented:

On 2009-01-24 12:10, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
..note that all the lamps on the tables are black moai heads....so many lamps.....wonder why we have never seen any in the wild or in someones collection yet....

Here's the TC page:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=1845&forum=1&start=45

Nvm

[ Edited by: Dagg 2013-03-14 20:25 ]

Excellent work Bigbro!

If you look at this photo you can see that lava wall/fountain area in the back with with the same exact chairs and table, and another painted Tiki.

I thought this would be more of a stumper.

DC

Nvm

[ Edited by: Dagg 2013-03-14 20:25 ]

On 2013-03-13 09:49, Dustycajun wrote:
Tiki Pug,

Did you look at the previous page? Jon Paul responded to your post:

On 2013-03-12 13:12, JONPAUL wrote:
J,
Those red guys are way cool!
Here's ours

as seen in the Savage Renewal: Homemade Tiki Mugs thread

DC

Thanx DC, i had actually missed that post. My bad.
And thanx JP

On 2013-02-23 12:13, Dagg wrote:
African?
about 18" tall and pretty light.

Mahalo for any help
D

so no Idea's on this one?

All I can say is it is not Tiki
it does have the attributes of other "Pygmy" carvings I have seen.
The origins are Africa & Asia.

On 2013-03-18 13:05, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
All I can say is it is not Tiki
it does have the attributes of other "Pygmy" carvings I have seen.
The origins are Africa & Asia.

Thank you for the reply :)

I just picked this up from eBay, the seller said his Mother picked it up over 40 years ago in New Guinea but had no other information to share.
Anyone have a clue as to the possible origins of this piece?
Asides from the obvious information that I've already stated here of course.

So I'm guessing there's still no explanation on the use of these?

On 2012-11-05 23:21, Dagg wrote:

On 2008-10-24 19:57, Tiki Shaker wrote:

Does anyone know what that thing in the middle is????
The giant ladle thing...

On 2011-12-12 10:36, Pittsburgh pauly wrote:
Large Kava ladle? Carving matches the standard oversize fork and spoon sets, paint by numbers, framed piece, TV LV wahine mug, moai mug, bamboo Hawaii trays, S&P sets, cannibal highball and shot, Hawaii figures on a boat.

On 2007-07-18 19:49, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
Anyone know anything about these?

PTD

Philippine tourist carvings with no base in Polynesian culture, but based on Philippine tradition:

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20065/lot/244/

I've always thought that the "giant ladle thing" was made in the Philippines. I've seen a few around here and the local Air Force base has a lot of flights that go through the Philippines making it likely that it's so. But, to confuse things, I remembered this...

I thought the Fiji doll may have been the one in his right hand but they did make it plural, it wouldn't be the first mistake I've seen in a newspaper though.

aloha, tikicoma

Well, he might have bought that ladle on Fiji - but that don't mean it was CARVED there :)

As exemplified by the Philippine Handicraft store at the Seattle Worlds Fair...

(not to be mixed up with the Philippine Pavilion at the Fair)

...by the 60s, Philippine Handicraft Industries had the tourist souvenir market in the Pacific islands supplied with all kinds of native art, carved in Ku or Moai or other forms, depending on the island.

The most ubiquitous were the giant fork and spoon carvings, and on the left we can glimpse those ladles, too.

In Tikidom, the "female" Ku carving (also known as "Surfing God") was used often, for example at The Polynesia in Seattle, or at Trader Vic's in S.F.

It even became a mug at the Japanese Tiki Tiki restaurants

And then there were those head hunter statues:

I've seen the woman's head on that ladle in thrift stores as a mug. It definitely had a "Made in the Philippines" sticker on it.

I can't place this. What is it?

Fertility God, looks African.

On 2013-05-15 20:54, thefuzz wrote:
I can't place this. What is it?

Ya know I may be coming off as an annoying know-it-all but that looks African. You know..like a fertility god. Not sure though..I talk a lot and think I know everything so I could be off this. But then again...yeah an African fertility God sounds about right. And I think I'm always right.

[ Edited by: SandraDee 2013-05-15 22:28 ]

On 2013-05-15 22:26, SandraDee wrote:

On 2013-05-15 20:54, thefuzz wrote:
I can't place this. What is it?

Ya know I may be coming off as an annoying know-it-all but that looks African. You know..like a fertility god. Not sure though..I talk a lot and think I know everything so I could be off this. But then again...yeah an African fertility God sounds about right. And I think I'm always right.

[ Edited by: SandraDee 2013-05-15 22:28 ]

I was thinking the same thing... I think you are right too.

[ Edited by: thefuzz 2013-05-15 23:31 ]

This is what you get when you try to help people?

Thefuzz. The reflection of your foot looks like a dong. If it's a fertility god, it really should have a dong.

That was a foot? OK I blame the picture taker for that one. :lol:

just got these, any idea?? i figure they are from the 1950s

this too

Aloha,

NOT Tiki, Pele...

The first ones look Mayan... The second plaques are Philipines prayer plaques...

Sorry, but not Tiki.

good to know, thanks, I still like em, and they were cheap lol

OK, I picked this tiki head up last weekend it's a little over a foot high and is fairly light weight.

I'm wondering if it was imported by OA from the Philippines because the carving marks on the top
and back of head remind me of some of the tiki's imported by them.

If you can tell me anything about this Ku I'd appreciate it.

aloha, tikicoma

Oh, I sold one of those several years ago and it had a Philipines sticker on the bottom...

Nice.

Now here's a strange one. Picked this mug up today. Not sure if it is a "pure" Tiki mug. No makers mark but really well made and heavy. The only mark on it is the Sizzler Steak House logo. It looks and feels vintage but I'm stumped. Anyone have any info?

it's the modern big eyed buddha moai mug, they are a very common mug here in thailand.

This one has me stumped. It's made of fiberglass and stands about 3 feet tall. It kind of reminds me of something you'd see in an amusement park or something. I didn't see anything like it in the Orchids of Hawaii catalogs here, so . . .

Has anyone seen one of these before??

THANKS!

It's clearly modeled after the Peanut mug of the same design.

Yeah, that's what made me think Orchids of Hawaii decor item, but so far no go.

I should add that it is completely round and meant to stand, not a large wall hanging. And it looks to have always been indoors (no wear or fading).

And, it has a solid top that looks like the end of a log. So it's supposed to look like a carving, not like a large mug.

Classic Silver Line Boats

[ Edited by: SilverLine 2013-06-02 19:51 ]

Silverline- They sold some just like it about 5 years ago at Targets.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=17948&forum=12&hilite=Target%20tiki

Here's a thread about the peanut tiki from a few years back.

Awesome! Thanks for the info! These never made it to Targets here; I'd never seen one before.

Hi all. I figured I'd post in here instead of starting a new thread. Thanks in advance for any help with this piece.

I've been eyeing this lamp that's for sale near me. The seller has no information about it and seems to think it is a one off home made piece. Does anyone have any idea who may have made this? And of course I must ask... is this Tiki?

Thanks!

It is a artistic interpretation of typical "African" design
but it is a cool lamp though.....

On 2013-06-21 12:12, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
It is a artistic interpretation of typical "African" design
but it is a cool lamp though.....

Thanks!

On 2012-11-13 10:26, Pittsburgh pauly wrote:
Anyone know about this white and bamboo plaque?

Thanks to the Met's featured artwortk of the day of a Kifwebe mask from the Luba people of the Congo, and some follow up,
I can see that this is much more this:

Than this:

Darn it.
Still like it and it's staying, but now I know.
To make matters worse, it looks like some contemporary designs may be borrowing elements from both. Geesh.

Hi guys, my wife bought these two last week as a combo Father's Day / Birthday gift. The story is that they were purchased originally in a Chicago antique shop in about 2003. The person who sold them at the time said they came from a recently defunct tiki bar in the Chicago area, but didn't know which one. I've been scouring all the pics, but can't find them, so I thought I'd see if anyone has spotted them anywhere.

They're each 40" tall, clearly vintage, and are carved wood. Thoughts?

[ Edited by: Bora Boris - Did some straightening. - 2013-07-07 11:59 ]

Not so sure they are vintage, they kinda look Poly-Asian to me - perhaps from the ill-fated new Trader Vic's?

On 2013-07-07 12:49, bigbrotiki wrote:
Not so sure they are vintage, they kinda look Poly-Asian to me - perhaps from the ill-fated new Trader Vic's?

I can tell by the condition of the wood that they're too old to be from the Gold Coast Vic's. Besides, I was there several times. These guys were not there. I don't remember them in the Palmer Vic's either, so I'm pretty much ready to rule out either of those establishments.

Are you sure it's not artificially aged? Those import store suppliers are pretty good at that. I just can't discern any of the mainland style in these, and especially the left one's face with its tiny nose, the lidded eyes and the wobbly lines reminds me of the Bali/Indonesian Tikis that Vic's was importing:

I suppose one is never 100% sure, but I've dealt with my share of antique wood over the years, and I'm no slouch.

Even if they were artificially aged, these were in someone's possession, here in Michigan, at least since 2003. For that reason alone, they can't have been from the Gold Coast Vics.

I am just going by my first impression, and that of only one photo, so I might be wrong. But I have heard so many shady claims by sellers of age and origin, I have learned to only trust my own knowledge and eye. The Poly-Asian types have been sold under false pretense before, with vague "from some closed-down restaurant" pedigrees.

As I wrote the above, I wondered "Maybe I can find that thread about Robert from Thatch buying all those fake 'Trader Vic's N.Y. Plaza' Tikis from years ago - and I did. And that was the photo in it:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=21678&forum=1&start=0

Typsy said this about them:

On 2006-11-06 12:49, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
they have been selling these for years here in chicago.....there's a warehouse on the south side selling all but the short guy with the mask....they are all new tikis, not vintage....i reported on this a long time ago i believe...duke carter also knows of this place -i forget the name, but if i think of it i'll post it....they are expensive,,,about $450 for the trader vic salt shaker replicas....

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-07-08 12:31 ]