Tiki Finds

Picked up this wooden mask at a thrift today. Not sure if it’s south pacific or african. Doesn’t matter,It’s going in my tiki lounge as soon as I add some south pacific island color to it.

Trad'r Bill,

What great information. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Trad'r Bill. It was cool to read that history of the artwork.

Hi,

Fairly new here. I found this on Ebay, bargain $16.75 AUD, free post. :)

Should arrive tomorrow, or Monday. Can't wait to add it to the Pehea Ka Kamaluhia Tiki bar!

Flying Martini,
Shaken, not stirred!
Out!

So after finding a couple things that I Almost felt the need to take home on Saturday from a local antique mall, I controlled myself and went home to contemplate what I had seen.
Then on Monday at a more local thrift store, I found this!
Bigger, Nicer, and Half Price!
(I think that will be my new motto...)

BigKahuna- thanks
Gotta fill er up n light up da volcano soon

Jon

I found this octopus mug that holds 26oz at a flea market this past weekend. It looks like the one in the Trader Vic's menu but doesn't have the Trader Vic's mark. I did read something here in the crypto section by Kohalacharms on octopus mugs. Also found the Hawaii Kai hula girl mug the same day.

[ Edited by: tikipaka 2014-03-07 14:25 ]

Slow week after a totally rained out weekend:

Mai Kai postcard

Missed Saturday due to pre Don's vending exhaustion. Then, got off to a late start Sunday because I didn't know about the time change. When I got there, the damn sun glare was so bad my tiki vision didn't work! Without my sunglasses in those harsh conditions, I gave up rather quickly.

It's my midseason finding slump...
Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: GROG 2014-03-10 19:31 ]

GRGO: Are you now retracting that statement you just made about the FOM?

I'm still going to tell them what you said about them before you edited it away...
Buzzy Out!

GRGO!? Only 4 letters in GROG and you managed to misspell it. You've been sitting too close to ATP at Tiki Market Place.

Whatever GREG!

I'm still ratting you out!
Buzzy Out!

Um, I actually like GRGO better.

You could pronounce it "Gerrr-go."

Address for this guy is 122Conch street. Posting this for you SpongeBob fans.
Cheers

This dang mug has alluded me for far too long. Nice to finally pick one up!
From Hawaii

Recent acquisitions:

Hula doll from the local Goodwill. Wish she was part of someone's donated Hawaii/tiki collection, but she was there with a bunch of other dolls. Looks like she was donated as part of someone's doll collection. I had to separate her from the herd.

It's not the first doll I've ever purchased for myself....just the first I didn't have to "blow up" :). (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

"Pupus An Island Tradition" cookbook. Quite a bit of recipes, some Asian-influenced, some surprisingly not.

"Introducing Original Polynesian Tropical Bar Recipes". Quite excited about this one. Purchased from the co-authors son in this link:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=44519&forum=10&42

howlinowl

Snagged this “Body Glove” sea creature this morning. Pretty hefty wid a nice glaze. Tiki Farm , 2013

Two post cards with tiki images I found today at the One Day Wiki Wiki Collector's Sale in Honolulu.

Del Webbs' Kuilima Resort Hotel & Country Club: North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii. One of the 50th state's newest & most magnificent complete resort complexes. c1972. Sent to Upper Saddle River, N.J. in 1974, the couple saying they had been spending a great deal of time riding horses.

Paradise Park, 15 acres of lush, green atmosphere in Manoa, Valley Of The Rainbows. Fragrant flowers, orchids, gardens, streams & rare & colorful birds. undated, unused.

Scored this carving today from a workmate who found it tucked in a corner of a block of units where his girlfriends mum lives. It's obviously been outside for a while because of how weathered the front of it is but other than a little rot on the base it's in pretty good condition. Anyone have an idea of its possible age and/or origin. I've had a couple of people say Hawaiian, one said from Fiji and someone else said from Bali. Most people do seem to think it is from the 60's or 70's though, so it does make it quite old.

This week's stuff

A 4' x 6' piece of Fiji tapa

I think I have 4 in this size and style now.

28" tall PNG big penis crocodile tail dude

Hanging Maori bead hanger:

Tiki Farm Surfin Wahine mug

The seller told me it was a special piece because it was done by "Ross." My mind quickly raced through the Tiki Farm designers part of my memory bank for a reference to Ross, where one could not be found. I asked the guy "Who?", and he said the TV painter guy: Bob Ross, and it was signed by him. He pointed to the c 2000 on the bottom and said "here." I translated what it actually said for him, and he looked heartbroken by the truth...

Non tiki, but tiki style stuff

PNG coffee bag

Veteran motor patrol fez

Pair of Malio's mug

Buzzy Out!

That was the most popular PNG dude in the tribe.

Great day...
Ruth Masteas was the first hostess at the DTB Vegas location.
I have had several great conversations with her recently.
It was a pleasure listening to many fond memories she had at DTB.
She passed on to me an awesome keepsake.
It was an honor to receive it and I knew I had to share it here.

This was her personal scorpion bowl

More to come....

:)

Very nice Jon, you charming devil!

Wow, what a fun piece to receive as a gift.

• Dale

Spectacular!

Not much of a score, but finally seeing one in person, I think it's a pretty little mug. One question though: Ooga Mooga says it should be marked Orchids R-99 on the bottom, and this one isn't. Was any one making knock offs, or was there just some variation?

Also, any one know what this ugly monstrosity is? Seems familiar but I'm not placing it. It's kinda sad, for all that we have this crazy eclectic culture here in Portland, two major tiki bars, and a major tiki convention, tiki is pretty thin on the ground around here. I get excited when I find anything... :/

I think its a Duncan mold mug....

That ugly monstrosity is from my space at antique alley! It's a hobbyist version of a westwood w-9. I said the same thing when I put them in the space. You should've got there a few weeks ago, I'm getting ready to move to Vegas and I put all of my doubles down there.

You can see a green glaze version of the Westwood under tiki mug misfortunes... unfortunately for me. My blue mermaid is also a knock-off.

gabbahey

That breaks my heart to hear. I kept meaning to go back to Antiques Alley and seems I just missed an opportunity. Much sadness me! I was wondering if they weren't a hobbyist mug the way they were glazed.

Also, kinda bummed to hear my blue mermaid is a knock off. Still a pretty mug though...

Teadoir

Here is a pic of two Trader Vic-Waikiki mugs I have recently found. The cruder one on the right is marked Trader Vic's Hawaii on the back and the smoother version is marked on the back Treader Vic's Waikiki Hawaii. There are no other markes on either and both are glazed brown on the inside. Could one be pre-Daga (crude) and the other one (smooth) post Daga? Any other possibilities? Mahalo for any suggestions.

On 2014-03-13 12:31, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:
Snagged this “Body Glove” sea creature this morning. Pretty hefty wid a nice glaze. Tiki Farm , 2013

awesome!

after two months finally found something good. both at the same store.
Hilton Hawaiian Village Hula Girl Mug


Awesome outrigger.


any suggestions on the best way to display they outrigger?

This weeks' stuff:

24" OA PNG mask

I have another one same size, just a different finish

pair of Frankie's mugs:

Seller told me he had 12 more mugs he just sold to some other guy...

Bottle stopper and a Tahitian tiki

Now I have a matching set of a rounded and squared head version of the Tahitian tiki

Cool décor item: 24" diameter resin Abalone shell table top

Scrathches and wear are real hard to see

Buzzy Out!

On 2014-03-23 00:39, exquisitecorpse wrote:
any suggestions on the best way to display they outrigger?

I won't claim this to be "the best way", just "a way."

My friend hung his on the wall with the outrigger part down and hung all his corded tiki pendants from the boat and rig part it. It made a couple rows high of tiki danglers below it. Made the most of the little space he had and displayed a lot of hard to display stuff.

Buzzy Out!

I really, really like the abalone shell table.

Nui/little/big- thanks, the bowl is way cool.

Found 5 postcards today
First 4 from the Coco palms

Good morning

Two photos from the Polynesian Cultural Center

Ah man, jealous on the Frankies stuff! Wish I could get finds like that around here!

Hey Juan, How bout leaving some stuff for the rest of us?
Nui : )

Nothing like Buzzy's routinely awesome finds, but here are today's finds at estate sale

The shorter NZ Maori tiki has "Matson Lines" carved in the bottom.

Hey nui 'umi 'umi you may like this :

Out and about today I came across 5 of these "Joe's Sneaky Tiki" tall zombie/iced tea type glasses.

I bought them because my friend TikiVato's real name is Joe and so I figured he would want them.

Doing a quick search on Ooga-Mooga it says they appear in Tiki Quest (which I sold so I can't look at it). Kind of surprised its in the book but cool nonetheless

I also found a handful of green Sneaky Tiki/Harvey's picks (that's what is to the right)

Yep! Tiki Quest page 123. Nice find.

On 2014-03-29 20:42, Big Kahuna wrote:
Yep! Tiki Quest page 123. Nice find.

Thanks. How about you scan the page and email it to me?

That's ok...I will find one in a thrift again..eventually :wink:

three repro airline Hawaii posters. Frames are 8x10 and image is 5x7. If you'd like 'em, they're yours. I'm in glendale and I'll be home tomorrow. P.M. me if interested
(there doesn't seem to be a free stuff post anywhere)

On 2014-03-30 18:22, spy-tiki wrote:
three repro airline Hawaii posters. Frames are 8x10 and image is 5x7. If you'd like 'em, they're yours. I'm in glendale and I'll be home tomorrow. P.M. me if interested
(there doesn't seem to be a free stuff post anywhere)

Super nice of you spy-tiki!
It has bothered me that more folks here are not so sharing, but your not one of them!

This week's stuff:

A trio of Easter Island wood moais


11", 10", and 15" tall

Mai kai Chiki Tiki mug:

Buzzy Out!