Very Beginner Tiki Question - Trying to Discern Real Witco Pieces - Collecting Tiki

G GOJOCAT21 Member Joined: Jun 25, 2026 Posts: 1	G GOJOCAT21 Posted posted on Thu, Jun 25, 2026 1:39 PM Hi! I will try not to ramble too long but basically my lovely boyfriend really loves tiki and I would like to find a real Witco piece if possible for him as a present. I have about zero knowledge about this but my friend sent me this forum. For example, would this item be considering authentic? Not sure what I should be looking out for: https://ebay.io/m/oALafN or this one? https://ebay.io/m/Qww4uk Thank you for any advice and knowledge!!!!!
N NavyGrogMonkey Member Wichita, KS Joined: Mar 20, 2025 Posts: 4	N NavyGrogMonkey Posted posted on Thu, Jun 25, 2026 2:04 PM Ohhh what a great question! I'm adding my 2 cents that I am interested in learning this as well. Come on Witco Guru's share your knowledge.
S swizzle Tiki Socialite Melbourne,Australia Joined: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 1468	S swizzle Posted posted on Fri, Jun 26, 2026 4:09 AM I am far from a Witco expert, in fact, i personally don't care for it at all (besides some specific pieces), however i do believe that the cat is definitely Witco and i'm pretty sure the other piece is so also. I do know that Witco never really 'marked' their pieces which would help identify them, although the type of hooks to hang them can generally help identify them. Having said that, i found a couple of pieces years ago i was led to believe were Witco because of the hooks used, but was then informed by a family member that they were made by a former employee who went off on their own making similarly styled work, so what may be, might not be.

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GOJOCAT21 Posted posted on Thu, Jun 25, 2026 1:39 PM

Hi! I will try not to ramble too long but basically my lovely boyfriend really loves tiki and I would like to find a real Witco piece if possible for him as a present. I have about zero knowledge about this but my friend sent me this forum.

For example, would this item be considering authentic? Not sure what I should be looking out for:

https://ebay.io/m/oALafN

or this one? https://ebay.io/m/Qww4uk

Thank you for any advice and knowledge!!!!!

N

NavyGrogMonkey Posted posted on Thu, Jun 25, 2026 2:04 PM

Ohhh what a great question! I'm adding my 2 cents that I am interested in learning this as well. Come on Witco Guru's share your knowledge.

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swizzle Posted posted on Fri, Jun 26, 2026 4:09 AM

I am far from a Witco expert, in fact, i personally don't care for it at all (besides some specific pieces), however i do believe that the cat is definitely Witco and i'm pretty sure the other piece is so also. I do know that Witco never really 'marked' their pieces which would help identify them, although the type of hooks to hang them can generally help identify them.

Having said that, i found a couple of pieces years ago i was led to believe were Witco because of the hooks used, but was then informed by a family member that they were made by a former employee who went off on their own making similarly styled work, so what may be, might not be.