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Which tiki god is this?

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Tele295 posted on 12/23/2013

Here's a picture of a newer Elliot Easton Gretsch. I've seen a depiction of this tiki god before, but I don't know who it is. I don't think it's Ku, and it doesn't have the tall headress like Lono. Any thoughts?


[ Edited by: Tele295 2013-12-23 08:11 ]

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christiki295 posted on 12/23/2013

JTiki gave an excellent explanation, summarized as Lono has the exaggerated headpiece.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=2279&forum=1&start=15&hilite=lono

Amybean provided this instructive diagram:
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In my opinion, you have the Tiki god Ku.

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bigbrotiki posted on 12/24/2013

It is the god of the House Industries Tiki Dingbats :D

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http://www.houseind.com/fonts/tikitype/illustrations

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kkocka posted on 12/24/2013

Funny, I just saw one on a Gibson Firebird VII today.

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bigbrotiki posted on 12/24/2013

now how about THIS Tiki? :wink: :

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christiki295 posted on 12/24/2013

The Gods would be amused.

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aquarj posted on 12/24/2013

As bigbro sez, that's a House Industries tiki clipart image. And like 5 other "dingbats" in that set, that image was based on a Coco Joe souvenir (2nd from right)...

On 2009-11-03 11:46, Bay Park Buzzy wrote:
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That's one of the many images posted by Bay Park Buzzy when he started a thorough catalog of Coco Joe (and related) tikis, on this post of the Coco Joe thread. Coco Joe calls that tiki a Ku, but they weren't necessarily always worried about authenticity.

-Randy

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Swamp Fire posted on 12/27/2013

Art I did for the last Tiki Magazine. The tip of the iceberg as far as idols go.

Educate and decorate at the same time.

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Jürka posted on 07/15/2014

On 2013-12-27 11:23, Swamp Fire wrote:

Art I did for the last Tiki Magazine. The tip of the iceberg as far as idols go.

Educate and decorate at the same time.

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It would be super if you could post the bigger-size version of it... I'd like to read it also...

What about the House Industries tiki on the very first one from upper left? Is it Maori's or Samoa's or really just House Industries own? There's a mug and many wooden carvings of it, so I guess it's something more... It's very hard to find any information about Samoa's and Maori's tikis (other than Hei-Tiki)...

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forgotten tikiman posted on 07/28/2014

On 2013-12-23 17:29, bigbrotiki wrote:
now how about THIS Tiki? :wink: :

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Hey!! Did Fender rip off Shawn Dickinson? I wonder if he knows? But I don't want to jump the gun. Maybe there was a deal made or something.

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El Jefe posted on 07/28/2014

On 2014-07-27 23:04, forgotten tikiman wrote:

On 2013-12-23 17:29, bigbrotiki wrote:
now how about THIS Tiki? :wink: :

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Hey!! Did Fender rip off Shawn Dickinson? I wonder if he knows? But I don't want to jump the gun. Maybe there was a deal made or something.

While not the same shirt it appears that he has a relationship with Fender.

http://shawn-dickinson.blogspot.com/2013/10/new-glowing-fender-shirts.html

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forgotten tikiman posted on 07/29/2014

Got it! I was actually talking to Shawn this morning and he said it is legit. :D

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