Fiberglass tiki poles - General Tiki

T tikijackalope Tiki Socialite KS/MO Joined: Oct 23, 2003 Posts: 835	T tikijackalope Posted posted on Sat, Jun 12, 2004 4:13 PM I think it is interesting how different restaurants paint the same manufactured decor piece. In this composite pic, thats Aloha (Springfield MO) on the left and Omni Hut on the right. Its quite telling of the atmosphere inside. Who manufactured these things, anyway? I think I've seen the same piece in the Southwest used as a totem pole.
H hiltiki Tiki Socialite Hollywood, calif. Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 4256	H hiltiki Posted posted on Sun, Jun 13, 2004 1:35 AM What the hell?????
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Jun 13, 2004 6:53 AM Arrgh! My eyes, my eyes...the colors, the colors...take it away...!!! To me, these are the symbols of 1980s Tiki devolution. You find more of these abominations in the Locating Tiki forum in these places: Tiki Port, Hyanis Hawaii Fountain Chan's Dragon Inn Aloha, Springfield Lun Wah and other Fu joints They (and the mask in the background) were mass-made by Orchids of Hawaii, the longest standing supplier of Chinese and Polynesian decor, lamps, and cocktail mugs. The company existed into the early 90s, so places that house them are difficult to date, usually 1980s. The hung ceiling is always a giveaway.

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tikijackalope Posted posted on Sat, Jun 12, 2004 4:13 PM

I think it is interesting how different restaurants paint the same manufactured decor piece. In this composite pic, thats Aloha (Springfield MO) on the left and Omni Hut on the right. Its quite telling of the atmosphere inside. Who manufactured these things, anyway?

I think I've seen the same piece in the Southwest used as a totem pole.

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hiltiki Posted posted on Sun, Jun 13, 2004 1:35 AM

What the hell?????

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bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Jun 13, 2004 6:53 AM

Arrgh! My eyes, my eyes...the colors, the colors...take it away...!!!

To me, these are the symbols of 1980s Tiki devolution. You find more of these abominations in the Locating Tiki forum in these places:

Tiki Port, Hyanis
Hawaii Fountain
Chan's Dragon Inn
Aloha, Springfield
Lun Wah
and other Fu joints

They (and the mask in the background) were mass-made by Orchids of Hawaii, the longest standing supplier of Chinese and Polynesian decor, lamps, and cocktail mugs. The company existed into the early 90s, so places that house them are difficult to date, usually 1980s. The hung ceiling is always a giveaway.