Tiki Finds

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C coldwarspacemonkey Tiki Socialite Shipwrecked on the First Coast Joined: Aug 08, 2017 Posts: 200	C coldwarspacemonkey Posted posted on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 3:27 AM After a year-long dry spell finally found something here in N FL.
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Mon, Feb 3, 2020 2:39 PM Pulled these out of Phoenix
BB Bam Bam Tiki Socialite NEPA Joined: May 13, 2016 Posts: 506	BB Bam Bam Posted posted on Thu, Feb 6, 2020 7:47 PM Really digging the mini-moai. Recent acquisitions from area shops and yard sales: Hawaii Kai NYC mug Kon Tiki Hotel Phoenix salt & pepper shakers Hawaii souvenir resin bottle spout (Cook Island style?) 70's steel Primo beer can Midcentury Pioneer bamboo spear & mask tie clip (Can't find much on this one. May have had matching cufflinks) Real bamboo painted panel. Perhaps part of a folding screen? Had to mend the torn matting. Surprisingly fragile stuff. 2 bucks!
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Wed, Feb 12, 2020 9:31 PM Thanks Bam Maori Patu Figi cannibal fork Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!! [ Edited by: hang10tiki 2020-02-17 06:13 ]
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Mon, Feb 17, 2020 6:11 AM Ok Met someone here in town who use to live in Micronesia. He had a few items he wanted to let go of. He got them all between 1999-2000 :) 2 squatters from the island of Yap: 12 inch 6 inch Tapa: Two Chuukese Love Sticks: And here’s the ironic thing. The night before I was going through one of my tribal arts magazines, I saw an article on these, took a few photos of some of the images If the carvings. The next day I own one. A beautiful 19 inch Tino Aitu. Carved by a mortockese on the island of Pohnpei. Cheers all Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!! [ Edited by: hang10tiki 2020-02-17 07:21 ]
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9217	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Mon, Feb 17, 2020 9:52 AM Wow hang10tiki that's the ultimate find. We look forward to seeing your army of these mugs. Wendy
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Sat, Feb 22, 2020 5:34 PM Hi Wendy Two more items spotted in the wild Vanuatu Carving Been looking for a Dead Eye for a long time
P PockyTiki Tiki Socialite Granite State Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 617	P PockyTiki Posted posted on Tue, Feb 25, 2020 2:48 PM In any spare time I have, I tend to stumble onto the Mandarake website which is based in Japan. Typically geared towards soft vinyl toy or any sort of Japanese pop culture memorabilia collectors, Mandarake is a wonderful site to get lost on. Today however I came across a minty fresh Rockin' Jelly Bean/Erostika mug. Amazing! $50 is a steal for sure.
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9217	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Fri, Feb 28, 2020 8:22 PM hang10tiki I've never seen a dead eye or even knew it existed. What is the origin? Wendy
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:02 PM Aloha Wendy A deadeye is an item used in the standing and running rigging of traditional sailing ships. It is a smallish round thick wooden disc with one or more holes through it, perpendicular to the plane of the disc. Single and triple-hole deadeyes are most commonly seen. The three-holed blocks were called deadeyes because the position of the three holes resemble the eye and nose sockets of a sheep's skull. A single deadeye (or bull's eye) used to change the direction of a line. Single deadeyes (or bull's eyes) are used to guide and control a line and, particularly in older vessels, to change its direction. More modern systems would use a block for this purpose but in traditional rigs with many lines to deal with, designed when blocks were relatively expensive to make, a deadeye provided an acceptable compromise. When blocks came into common use for adjusting running rigging, deadeyes continued to be used for tensioning standing rigging. PS- had one of my best fines ever today, I will clean it up and post it tomorrow
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9217	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sat, Feb 29, 2020 9:49 AM hang10tiki You found a real dead eye from a ship and in wood. That's special. Maybe from 1700??? When you do the "find" from yesterday I hope you do it with dim light and with a flash. Wendy
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Sat, Feb 29, 2020 6:08 PM Wendy: Not sure how old it is Ok Here’s the story Met a guy who had a black velvet painting. He said he got it in 1980, he was an auctioneer, selling off everything from a bakery that was closing down in Milwaukee. He said the black velvet painting was of a naked girl, it was in a secret room in the bakery where they watched stag films. Sold off everything in the bakery except the painting, he took it as part of his payment. Lucky me :) Anyway, here she is
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9217	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sat, Feb 29, 2020 7:42 PM hang10tiki that's a great story to go with a treasure of a Leeteg. You changed your tiki room to accommodate the picture. I remember all the times Dan had to do the same. One day we will visit you and the painting. Congratulations, Wendy
M MaukaHale Tiki Socialite The base of the Volcano Joined: May 07, 2012 Posts: 968	M MaukaHale Posted posted on Sat, Feb 29, 2020 8:00 PM Nice discovery!
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Sun, Mar 1, 2020 6:55 AM Wendy- awesome to have a lil history of any find, yes I had to move things around a bit, good eye. Your guys are welcome anytime!!! MaukaH- thanks
P PockyTiki Tiki Socialite Granite State Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 617	P PockyTiki Posted posted on Sun, Mar 1, 2020 10:24 AM New Hampshire isn't ALL bad I guess.
BB Bam Bam Tiki Socialite NEPA Joined: May 13, 2016 Posts: 506	BB Bam Bam Posted posted on Thu, Mar 5, 2020 12:28 PM Rescued this 1937 copy of Robert Lee Eskridge's "Umi" from the book bin at our local recycling center today. Pre-tiki, for sure, but it has tikis in it so I'm counting this as a double-win. The illustrations are gorgeous.
B bamalamalu Tiki Socialite Joined: Mar 20, 2006 Posts: 1294	B bamalamalu Posted posted on Thu, Mar 5, 2020 8:52 PM Good save, Bam! Today's weirdness:
UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2466	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Sat, Mar 7, 2020 2:30 PM Always nice to have a good find after a long dry spell. Michigan ain’t dried up yet.
TP The Professor Tiki Centralite Gilligan's Isle Joined: Dec 21, 2019 Posts: 32	TP The Professor Posted posted on Sun, Mar 8, 2020 2:30 PM Now THAT's pure Michigan. Awesome find, uncle trav. Been looking for that one. Love the photo of it in its wild habitat.
PP Pittsburgh pauly Tiki Socialite Pittsburgh Joined: Jan 31, 2010 Posts: 461	PP Pittsburgh pauly Posted posted on Mon, Mar 9, 2020 6:09 PM Always room for one more? ?
TP The Professor Tiki Centralite Gilligan's Isle Joined: Dec 21, 2019 Posts: 32	TP The Professor Posted posted on Thu, Mar 12, 2020 1:12 PM Yesterday's find
UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2466	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2020 2:22 AM Nice find Prof! Is that a Diamond Head mug by Totem Pottery?
TP The Professor Tiki Centralite Gilligan's Isle Joined: Dec 21, 2019 Posts: 32	TP The Professor Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2020 8:58 AM It is a Totem Diamond Head mug. It was, of course, labeled as an unknown vase, and wildly underpriced.
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 14, 2020 6:41 PM Can’t think of a better way to spend $40 8 inch MarQ: 2 New Zealand pieces: 12 inch: 27 inch: Two prints by Christian Riese Lassen : Night dancer 1985 Golden moments 1985 Two albums
E exquisitecorpse Tiki Socialite philadelphia Joined: Feb 26, 2009 Posts: 330	E exquisitecorpse Posted posted on Mon, Mar 16, 2020 7:07 PM 19" Maori Teko Teko hand carved in Rotorua New Zealand
F FranNL Member Breda, The Netherlands Joined: Mar 13, 2018 Posts: 77	F FranNL Posted posted on Wed, Mar 18, 2020 6:27 AM I found in our local charity shop this giant ceramic clam shell that I'm planing to use as a serving dish for snacks. And also a small night lamp in the form of a clam shell.
N naugatiki Tiki Socialite Port Angeles, Wa Joined: Jan 02, 2004 Posts: 882	N naugatiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 21, 2020 7:49 AM Found this tiki that looks like it was based on the one from Hawaiian Eye.
N naugatiki Tiki Socialite Port Angeles, Wa Joined: Jan 02, 2004 Posts: 882	N naugatiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 21, 2020 7:49 AM Found this tiki that looks like it was based on the one from Hawaiian Eye.
PP Pittsburgh pauly Tiki Socialite Pittsburgh Joined: Jan 31, 2010 Posts: 461	PP Pittsburgh pauly Posted posted on Thu, Mar 17, 2022 7:03 AM New addition from Guam, just over 15” tall! [ Edited by Pittsburgh pauly on 2022-03-17 07:04:01 ]
S SoBeTiki Tiki Socialite Miami Beach, Florida Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 127	S SoBeTiki Posted posted on Fri, Mar 18, 2022 11:08 AM in reply to Pittsburgh pauly great find! wood or resin?
T tikicoma Grand Member (9 years) wakinekona Joined: Jan 16, 2010 Posts: 840	T tikicoma Posted posted on Fri, Mar 18, 2022 10:51 PM Some tikis I picked up over the last 3 years. Lower left is half a Bumatay carved south of Seattle next to it are two 7 1/2 and one 8 1/2 foot tall tikis and in the upper right corner is a 21 foot tiki. The last 3 were carved by Art McKellips in Tacoma WA around 1966 for the Tongaroa (later Tiki) Apartments. Oh and that's Jim Kruize (Gone Tiki) who helped me get them to my place and has helped me resurrect them. Here's where a few went... I almost forgot I collected this also! That had been on Seattles Polynesia Restaurant on pier 51. [ Edited by tikicoma on 2022-03-18 23:05:44 ]
TP The Professor Tiki Centralite Gilligan's Isle Joined: Dec 21, 2019 Posts: 32	TP The Professor Posted posted on Sat, Mar 19, 2022 6:40 PM in reply to tikicoma Incredible finds, tikicoma. The Polynesia tiki is especially amazing, and enormous. Nice work! I can't wait to see what others have unearthed over the last couple of years while TC was offline.
TP The Professor Tiki Centralite Gilligan's Isle Joined: Dec 21, 2019 Posts: 32	TP The Professor Posted posted on Sat, Mar 19, 2022 6:45 PM Speaking of fun recent finds, there have been lots for me since this thread was last active, but this one was probably the most memorable. They had apparently been sitting on a shelf collecting dust for decades, and this is what they looked like before I gave them a thorough cleaning. It was a pretty nice surprise to happen upon in the wild...of the rural midwest. [ Edited by The Professor on 2022-03-19 18:45:31 ] [ Edited by The Professor on 2022-03-19 18:46:08 ]
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 22, 2022 5:56 AM Great items Here are some of mine collected while TC was resting: The spousal unit recently hit an estate sale while I was working, she scored (again) I’ll post those finds soon! Happy hunting!!! [ Edited by hang10tiki on 2022-03-23 16:49:42 ]
C Cavemoai Tiki Socialite Reno, NV Joined: Dec 29, 2012 Posts: 180	C Cavemoai Posted posted on Wed, Mar 23, 2022 8:51 AM Picked this one up back in October. It's about 6 feet tall. [ Edited by Cavemoai on 2022-03-23 08:51:21 ]
T Tikiwahini Tiki Centralite 92116 Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Posts: 28	T Tikiwahini Posted posted on Wed, Mar 23, 2022 4:33 PM in reply to hang10tiki I recognize a few of those! Very nice!!
S Staredge Tiki Socialite Damascus MD Joined: Jul 15, 2008 Posts: 130	S Staredge Posted posted on Wed, Mar 30, 2022 7:39 PM Found these at the local antique mall. Couple of overpriced Otagiri mugs as well. Left those. [ Edited by Staredge on 2022-03-30 19:40:37 ]
T TheBoozehounder Tiki Centralite The Mainland Joined: Jul 13, 2018 Posts: 58	T TheBoozehounder Posted posted on Fri, Apr 1, 2022 3:18 PM Picked up this Fiji tapa cloth today. Measures about 24”x24” *needs to be “ironed” out a bit and has some staining in the center but still stoked to add it to the collection [ Edited by TheBoozehounder on 2022-04-01 15:20:19 ]
T TheBoozehounder Tiki Centralite The Mainland Joined: Jul 13, 2018 Posts: 58	T TheBoozehounder Posted posted on Fri, Apr 1, 2022 3:37 PM A couple other recent finds. I had 2 of the Trader Dicks glasses but one took a tumble.
H hulachaser Member Joined: Mar 22, 2022 Posts: 10	H hulachaser Posted posted on Sun, Apr 3, 2022 5:45 PM aloha everybody, i found this trader vics bowl but have not been able to find it on line or on t.c. dont know if it originally had a lid or what, but here it is!
T tikigreg Tiki Socialite ClubTiki Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1301	T tikigreg Posted posted on Mon, Apr 4, 2022 11:35 AM in reply to hulachaser Looks like a spoon rest, for use when a table of diners would order a large bowl of soup or some such. Just a guess.
B bamalamalu Tiki Socialite Joined: Mar 20, 2006 Posts: 1294	B bamalamalu Posted posted on Mon, Apr 4, 2022 1:21 PM Nice finds, everyone! But Holy Cow, Hang10!! I've clearly been looking in all the wrong places.
TP The Professor Tiki Centralite Gilligan's Isle Joined: Dec 21, 2019 Posts: 32	TP The Professor Posted posted on Mon, Apr 4, 2022 3:03 PM Yesterday's find--Orchids R-17. I usually pass on Orchids of Hawaii these days, but finding an early model with a paper label is fun. [ Edited by The Professor on 2022-04-04 15:05:12 ] [ Edited by The Professor on 2022-04-04 15:05:47 ]
H Hamo Grand Member (3 years) Colorado (via Iowa) Joined: Aug 22, 2016 Posts: 2068	H Hamo Posted posted on Mon, Apr 4, 2022 8:46 PM Granted, I "found" these on eBay, not in the wild, but I've been wanting some Kahiki swizzles after seeing the one Skip put in Mr. Tiki's box:
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Sat, Apr 9, 2022 3:44 PM Bamm: lol 2 more
H hottiki Tiki Socialite Pittsburgh Pa. Joined: Jul 10, 2008 Posts: 430	H hottiki Posted posted on Sat, Apr 9, 2022 5:06 PM in reply to hang10tiki Hang 10, are you thinking about opening a mainland branch of the Bishop Museum ???
H hang10tiki Tiki Socialite Las Vegas Joined: Jul 18, 2010 Posts: 10325	H hang10tiki Posted posted on Sun, Apr 10, 2022 6:24 AM :-)

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