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Tikisgrl
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 03, 2005
Posts: 870
From: Lowell, Mass
|  Posted: 2011-08-28 11:10 am Permalink
Anyone else have one of these? It looks like the Westwood bank only it's a mug.
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USAF Retired
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Dec 15, 2009
Posts: 54
From: Kentucky
| Posted: 2011-08-28 6:58 pm Permalink
I found this unmarked green torso yesterday at a flea market. Anyone ever see anything like it? Is it a vase or mug?
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 11594
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-08-28 7:08 pm Permalink
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On 2011-08-28 18:58, USAF Retired wrote:
I found this unmarked green torso yesterday at a flea market.
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That sounds like a job for CSI 
I think it was available in stores, but there are also marked ones from this cool place:
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=32459&forum=1
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Psycho Tiki D
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1843
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2011-08-29 1:38 pm Permalink
Been laying low the past couple of weekends, but I did find a couple of things here and there. Not going to post my usual suspects...
Found a few items that were duplicates I sold to the person who got me going with the whole "American Tiki Culture" obsession. Found four scorpion bowls in his neck of the woods and he ended up with the Orchids Volcano bowl and the large Trader Dicks Outrigger bowl...
2'+ wooden carved tiki, this one survived a fire. The back is burnt!
Coco Joe's plaque. Second one I have found.
Trader Dick's Tiki scorpion bowl. Numero dos por mi!
Very happy to have found this and I almost missed it...Tepco "Sea Life" scorpion bowl!
I think this paddle/war club is from Samoa, but I am still looking for an example that is close. Please help be smarter because of tiki if you know the origin of this. Nearly 4' long and very heavy. Seller mentioned Fiji and WWII, but I am not sure because of the color of the finish (although the carvings are filled with white ochre). Looking at the discoloring, it appears to have been used as a paddle at some point?
Later,
PTD
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alohacurrent
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 16, 2006
Posts: 238
From: Sacramento
| Posted: 2011-08-29 7:58 pm Permalink
nice Duane, love the coco joes plaque.
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 5072
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-08-30 12:59 pm Permalink
Stopped by a few local places on the way home from work on Friday and found a few matchbooks, including one from my hometown Don the Beachcomber in Santa Barbara.
(I have been to 5 of these places)
Two Harvey's bucket mugs, one with the different lock lettering that you don't see very often
Three Daga bamboo mugs from different Hawaiian restaurants.
A Libbey jagged tooth and a small Westwood.
DC
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The Granite Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 02, 2005
Posts: 818
From: Nashua, NH
| Posted: 2011-08-30 8:54 pm Permalink
Here's what I found Today:
I don't know what it is. I'm not convinced it's Tiki, but I'm guessing before its finish wore off, and became chalky, it could have been a cool bowl insert with some 151 burning in that bowl. They resemble those Trader Vic's salt and pepper shakers in what looks to be their original color and size etc. (4 inches tall, 5 inches wide)
Does anyone have a clue as to what this is?!?!?!
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Bay Park Buzzy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 3043
From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2011-08-30 10:35 pm Permalink
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On 2011-08-30 20:54, The Granite Tiki wrote:
Does anyone have a clue as to what this is?!?!?!
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Hecho en Mexico.
Buzzy Out!
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Trad'r Bill
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 14, 2008
Posts: 492
From: Hercules, CA
| Posted: 2011-08-30 11:40 pm Permalink
I got this vintage PNG storyboard today - it's almost four feet wide and over two feet tall. I need to research these more so I can follow the story:
The gondolier guy has some paper stuck to him, which should be easily removed. Other than that, the condition is great.
I've only recently gained an appreciation for PNG stuff, but now I have the bug.
-Trad'r Bill
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tikithomas08
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 10, 2007
Posts: 528
From: San Diego CA
| Posted: 2011-08-31 01:10 am Permalink
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On 2011-08-30 22:35, Bay Park Buzzy wrote:
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On 2011-08-30 20:54, The Granite Tiki wrote:
Does anyone have a clue as to what this is?!?!?!
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Hecho en Mexico.
Buzzy Out!
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yeah mexican candle holder
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Luki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
Posts: 151
From: Chicago area
| Posted: 2011-08-31 05:44 am Permalink
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On 2011-08-30 20:54, The Granite Tiki wrote:
Here's what I found Today:
I don't know what it is. I'm not convinced it's Tiki, but I'm guessing before its finish wore off, and became chalky, it could have been a cool bowl insert with some 151 burning in that bowl. They resemble those Trader Vic's salt and pepper shakers in what looks to be their original color and size etc. (4 inches tall, 5 inches wide)
Does anyone have a clue as to what this is?!?!?!
[ This Message was edited by: The Granite Tiki 2011-08-30 21:01 ]
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And it's called a "Circle of Friends"
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The Granite Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 02, 2005
Posts: 818
From: Nashua, NH
| Posted: 2011-08-31 06:18 am Permalink
Thanks! That explains why it looks like 4 masked Mexican wrestlers!
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komohana
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 08, 2010
Posts: 503
From: Western Australia
| Posted: 2011-08-31 6:00 pm Permalink
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The "Down Under Bar" serving "Aboriginal Cocktails"????
What on earth could be the ingredients for those?
Did they have witchetty grubs and kangaroo on the menu?
Don't get me wrong, those are both tasty foods but the cocktails
have me intrigued, is that bar still open?, has anyone been there?
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TikiVato
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2009
Posts: 519
From: Whittier, CA
| Posted: 2011-08-31 7:34 pm Permalink
I found this while buying some (non tiki) things for my patio on craigslist. Inside the doorway I saw this and asked if it was for sale. The guy I bought it from didn't have much information on it other than his mother gave it to him. I plan on hanging it in my tiki bar, Does anyone know anything about it?
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 875
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2011-08-31 8:42 pm Permalink
It's a Fijian Sali Club! Nice score. Basement Kahuna and Tikimecula have carved a bunch of these.
Here's one of Tikimecula's:
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=13644&forum=7&start=435&hilite=sali club tikimecula
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Custom Tapa Swag Lamps and Sconces Built By Kahaka
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