Tiki tablecloth - Collecting Tiki

H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on 07/31/2006 At a local vintage clothes shop recently, I luckily spotted this bit of fabric nestled in a back section of weird stuff: Unfolded, it turns out to be a swell linen tablecloth with tiki masks all over it! It's small; about the perfect size for one of those square folding card tables. The designs look like those from Papua New Guinea or other parts of Melanesia to my utterly untrained eyes. Wherever they're (supposed to be) from, I likes it. The fabric is in great shape, no stains, fading or other discoloration. There's no marking on it to indicate what company made it, unfortunately.
T Tikiwahine Tiki Socialite Victoria, BC Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3295	T Tikiwahine Posted posted on 07/31/2006 That's an awesome piece of fabric humu! Congrats!
T tikiwinebear Member Santa Rosa, CA (Sonoma - wine country) Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 582	T tikiwinebear Posted posted on 08/01/2006 Wow, what a find!!!! Wanna arm wrestle?? I need to "thrift" more often down in your area. Use it in good health, Humu! Myke
S Sneakytiki Tiki Socialite Boise, Idaho Joined: Mar 31, 2003 Posts: 1795	S Sneakytiki Posted posted on 08/08/2006 That design is from the Abelam tribe of the Sepik river area in NE New Guinea, nice find.

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Humuhumu Posted posted on 07/31/2006

At a local vintage clothes shop recently, I luckily spotted this bit of fabric nestled in a back section of weird stuff:

Unfolded, it turns out to be a swell linen tablecloth with tiki masks all over it!

It's small; about the perfect size for one of those square folding card tables. The designs look like those from Papua New Guinea or other parts of Melanesia to my utterly untrained eyes. Wherever they're (supposed to be) from, I likes it.

The fabric is in great shape, no stains, fading or other discoloration. There's no marking on it to indicate what company made it, unfortunately.

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Tikiwahine Posted posted on 07/31/2006

That's an awesome piece of fabric humu! Congrats!

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tikiwinebear Posted posted on 08/01/2006

Wow, what a find!!!! Wanna arm wrestle?? I need to "thrift" more often down in your area. Use it in good health, Humu!

Myke

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Sneakytiki Posted posted on 08/08/2006

That design is from the Abelam tribe of the Sepik river area in NE New Guinea, nice find.