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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 3748
From: Las Vegas
|  Posted: 2013-04-29 7:32 pm Permalink
Dale-your very welcome, glad they made it, enjoy...
NoNaMe-great score on the LPs
Trav- your dive helmet lamp rocks...
Jon
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uncle trav
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Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 1765
From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2013-04-30 03:03 am Permalink
Tiki finds in the waters around the exotic atoll of Kzoo have been sparse as of late but trolling just outside the local reef netted these. A long dry spell in searching seems worth the wait when a good find comes along.
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littlegiles
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Joined: Jun 08, 2003
Posts: 663
From: Lancaster, SC
| Posted: 2013-04-30 04:21 am Permalink
Great find Uncle Trav! I don't think I have ever seen that bamboo/bird mug. Very cool.
Dale
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uncle trav
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Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 1765
From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2013-04-30 05:54 am Permalink
That's a haul of the rare Polynesian Pigeon mugs from the legendary Mauna Loa in Detroit.
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 3748
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-04-30 07:09 am Permalink
Trav
Nice score
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Hale Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1798
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2013-04-30 07:11 am Permalink
What? Seriously? Those parrot-looking mugs are from the Mauna Loa!>?! That makes me wonder if I've ever seen them and passed them up for not being "tiki enough."
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Tattoo
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Sep 24, 2005
Posts: 215
From: Los Angeles
| Posted: 2013-04-30 09:54 am Permalink
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On 2013-04-30 03:03, uncle trav wrote:
Tiki finds in the waters around the exotic atoll of Kzoo have been sparse as of late but trolling just outside the local reef netted these. A long dry spell in searching seems worth the wait when a good find comes along.
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WOW!!!! The Polynesian Pigeon is one of my favorite mugs. Finding one, let alone three, in the wild is an amazing score indeed. Congrats.
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1592
From: OAHU/Seattle
| Posted: 2013-04-30 1:43 pm Permalink
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On 2013-04-29 13:53, bigbrotiki wrote:
In my book, 70s Hawaiian tourist brochures have little to do with Tiki style. They are late period Hawaiiana.
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Not in my book. As I've stated before, Hawaii's Tiki age starts later and ends later than mainland Tiki.
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Holler Waller
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Mar 13, 2011
Posts: 199
From: NW TN
| Posted: 2013-04-30 2:06 pm Permalink
As some know, tiki is RARE here in South Central so all my "finds" seem to be on the 'net.
Here's one from Etsy...
A heavy little guy...
And one from Ebay...
The damage was from careless shipping-what can you do?
.....And nailed on to particle board
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exquisitecorpse
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Joined: Feb 26, 2009
Posts: 228
From: philadelphia
| Posted: 2013-04-30 2:12 pm Permalink
a local vintage store posted this guy on craigslist. unfortunately they didn't have any information about it. it looks really familiar to me but i haven't turned up anything yet. a little beat up, no markings, five feet tall, mouth looks like it was meant to accept a light with the cord threaded through a hole in the base.
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tikilongbeach
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 1282
From: Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX
| Posted: 2013-04-30 2:22 pm Permalink
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On 2013-04-30 14:12, exquisitecorpse wrote:
a local vintage store posted this guy on craigslist. unfortunately they didn't have any information about it. it looks really familiar to me but i haven't turned up anything yet. a little beat up, no markings, five feet tall, mouth looks like it was meant to accept a light with the cord threaded through a hole in the base.
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It looks like a Witco fountain.
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exquisitecorpse
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Joined: Feb 26, 2009
Posts: 228
From: philadelphia
| Posted: 2013-04-30 3:40 pm Permalink
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On 2013-04-30 14:22, tikilongbeach wrote:
It looks like a Witco fountain.
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possibly... but there isn't anywhere a base or basin was attached to it.
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happy buddha
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 13, 2008
Posts: 221 | Posted: 2013-04-30 3:53 pm Permalink
It's a Witco Fountain of Fortune. The basins were not attached, they were separate pieces. Looks like he's missing his tongue also, but still an awesome score. Congrats!
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 3748
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-05-03 9:19 pm Permalink
No markings on the Tiki, thought it was a Coco Joes.
But it hasback detail...
Again no markings but looks like Treasure Craft
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 3748
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-05-04 12:22 pm Permalink
Thismorning
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