Tiki Finds

That 4 inch bamboo has nodes that are very close together Mike that bamboo would be great to make hanging lights out of.

Like this....

New maori find, but I’ll have to wait until Christmas to see it again 😢

Nice Tiki, but dammit, I want that 3 piece Sea Monster, ....tiki or not!

Today's find

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Uncovered this sheet of "Taipei Tapa" at my favorite local co-op not a half hour ago. The figures seem odd, maybe African, maybe Southeast Asian? I am not sure. Either way, at $10 I am happy to add it to the collection! Obviously made for the tourist trade. Anybody else familiar with the company? Google only comes up with a single geometric example from the Auckland War Museum collection...

So am not sure of the company, but these images I am pretty sure are Paiwan tribe style. The snakes are common in Paiwan imagery. I think the figures are ancestor and guardian stylized , and yes probably for tourist trade. The Paiwan have made tapas traditionally as well. Interesting note, the word Paiwan can translate also like the Maori definition of Tiki..."first man".

Some recent Crocodilian finds from this way

Sumba Cowrie woven Croc Mermaid ritual cloth

Borneo Dayak Bronze soul boat with Crocodile

And to complete the Croc theme.. Sepik Crocodile cult mask

Been a while since I could get out and do some hunting. Struck pre-tiki with this neat Japan made antique hula hut incense burner, along with a Mai Tai glass and a second Harvey's bucket to boot!

Had another adventure trying to track down some cone incense. Called my guy at the local head shop, asking if he carried any. He did, but we had to scurry into the basement to get it! Apparently cone incense is out if style among the college crowd. Gave me a half pound of the things for 5 bucks - I'm set for years now!

I found this light today, any info on it would be great!

Nice light. Could be OA or Benson imports or the many other places that sold lights way back when, looks old.

It came with no info?

I was just clicking on random pages on here and came across an Orchids of Hawaii catalog and found this image, pretty sure it’s the same!

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Yeah, that looks like the same light but then many different tiki type outfitters sold that light.

I think one old Asian lady made all the lights back then and that's where they all came from.

I kid, but I don't think the places that sold the lights many times made the lights in house they got them from a supplier that got them from overseas.

OA did make some lights as well but stuff like those were most likely made elsewhere shipped to storefronts and sold.

There were many different company catalogs with that light in them.

So, unless somebody who knows where that light came from can tell you, well, you may never know for sure where it came from.

The Kahiki had many different companies that sold them decor, OA and Benson were just two of them that sold Kahiki decor so if I have a light from the Kahiki was it from one of those companies or even some other store, who knows.

Bought a record in High school it was a rare Led Zeppelin 45 and I checked out three different stores and each had a different price for that record, so I went with the cheapest guy and found out later that they were all trying to sell me the very same record from the guy I ended up getting the record from, the other two were going to buy it from the one guy and add a bit onto the price to make money.

Remember it ended up costing 45 bucks, one dollar for each RPM.

It's a cool light it's just that those lights are so damn heavy and big that many home bars would have a hard time hanging that baby.

So in a home bar that light most times would end up in a corner, and nobody puts baby in a corner.

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Crypto find today? Similar to the one from Waikiki Tiki book by Phillip S. Roberts, but different color way and from The Volcano House on the Big Island… cool score for me, as I was just there recently.

Not sure if the same Halemaluna Punch cocktail was served here also?

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Nice

Found a pair of older Ukuleles also

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I’ve been looking for one of these for a while, Fijian chief bowl

I’ve seen a few in the past, but crazy expensive

Got 1, 12 inches tall

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Rusty, crusty and oh so dusty! Vintage Dietz starboard light with intact original burner. $6 for that added nautical flare for the classic bar.

Sweet!

Another squatter

Yesterday's Goodwill finds - first even remotely tiki-related in a long time.

Some sort of DIY clock on a great background. The clock face is removable. 18" x 18". $2.99

8 x 10 bamboo frame for $0.99

Jar for size 👀

Love the green jar! Whenever we see those jars in whatever color we snag 'em...

Great score, Trav, that'll work in well in your bar!

Pauly, nice painting in the background...

Skip, love those hanging bamboo lamps, great idea!

We recently acquired this tiki, from Detroit Tiki Company, she's a big one, poured concrete...

Also a few big sheets of tapa cloth. Initially I went after them for lamp making but I also feel that there's probably a lot of different uses for them. I think the one with the triangular patterns would look nice framed and hung as is...

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Made a small haul in Gettysburg and Harrisburg on Saturday!

Unmarked 3-face bucket mug. These descriptions on price tags crack me up sometimes...

Philippines carved creamer and sugar bowl, with tray! Finally, a proper place for my Hawaiian souvenir tea spoon.

A cool rope block on a hook. Just the right size for a build I have in mind.

Another piece of sheet music to add to the Exotica pile. Pan-Americana vol.1 from 1941, featuring the hot new hit, Taboo!

The BIG find of the day - a large-format vintage Gaugauin Tahitian print! "The Dream". This is so big Im going to have to shift things around to make space on the wall for it! A little rough, but you can't beat a framed print like this for 5 bucks!

Aloha! Nice find. Wish I’d found it!

Phillip

Waikiki Tiki: Art, History, and Photographs

My wonderful wife found this for me at a thrift store in Colorado.

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So I finally was able to add a nice Kundu to my collection. I've seen maybe a handful since I've been collecting and they all were in very poor condition, except for one which I saw a long time ago and I'm only guessing that one was in good condition because I do remember they were asking a lot for it. This one only has a tiny bit broken off it which you have to look really hard for to notice. Not much more now I'm really after.

Man, I must not be going to the right thrift stores here. Was this in the Springs?

Hamo - yes. It was in the Springs at the ARC on South Academy.


.99 cents Thrift Store Find!…in Virginia!!!!

Great finds all

Pulled this 1 foot carving out of Oregon

A couple larger mugs that I recently found while thrifting. 🤙

Wow… killer score!

scored this guy at an indoor flea market in Harriman, TN (little town 20 mi outside Knoxville). Picture recycled from my home bar thread.

Picked up this Hilo Hattie shirt while thrifting this weekend. It's a small, which I can't currently wear (and maybe can't even if I lose weight), and though I did "try it on", since I couldn't button it completely, I didn't realize that it's missing several buttons. Someone suggested that I could wear it open over a t-shirt, but I that's not really me.

I found this large carved Māori statue of Tūtānekai (from a master carver at the NZMACI, Albert Te Pou) at a Goodwill thrift store this weekend in Denver, for $7.99... quite a bargain.

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Hi I have this Zombie Village mug. I'm having a hard time finding anything on it. I was really hoping to know how many were produced. Thank you in advanced.

Hi I have a Skipper kents Zombie village mug. I can't seem to find very much on it. I was someone could help me with how many were made 

I'm seeing this info on the defunct old Ooga Mooga site, but nowhere I looked say how many were made: https://web.archive.org/web/20150907213753/http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=719

Considering the restaurant that sold it was open from 1942 thru 1967 (when it burned to the ground), chances are a fair number were produced. That said it's old now and probably worth more than more recent stuff - it looks pretty cool!

Edit: As of right now there's one on eBay they are asking $10k for (!). Good luck with that! There's also a repro menu from that location for sale, looks fun.

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Impossible to find out how many were made. Many mug manufacturers held molds in reserve and would make replacement mugs on request with a decent sized order. “Field collecting”, breakage and general damage would take a toll on in stock numbers. Many runs were “one and done” runs due to cost. When the run was exhausted they would put a the same cocktail in a nondescript glass and call it good. In the end mugs are only worth what someone is willing to pay. Could ten dollars or a thousand. All depends on how badly two people want it.

Another trip to Colorado, and more tiki finds. This time at an antique store that rarely has anything remotely tiki (and when they do it's way overpriced.)

Until Tuesday:

This guy looked like he needed a home. He's now my new birthday present.

And a Coco Joe's "letter holder". It will be put to good use holding bar napkins.

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Hi All,

I bought this piece last week. I do not know much about is, so if everyone has some extra information for me would be much appreciated. Thanks. Greetings Jorber.

Cool. Part of trio of cannibals I would guess

Scored a Coco Joe wall plaque. An Austral Islands ceremonial paddle tourist piece and a West African tribal ceremonial spear. Not a bad day

Unka Trav- sweet finds

Finally found a nautical female figurehead today

Now I just need the ship

Man, that thing is out of sight.

I think I know her.

I dated her in the 70s.

What kind of impression did you leave on her?

WILL she remember you?

I think her name was twiggy.