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Tiki Research Adventure: TAI Tahiti

TAI Tahiti mug, from the collection of Virani Every so often, I have a reason to do a bit of research (okay, so it’s mostly just Googling), and the results can be very satisfying. Today the...

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Denver Tiki Slideshow at Tiki Boyd’s

Tiki explorer and historian ZuluMagoo is presenting his third session of tiki slideshows at Tiki Boyd’s on Thursday, January 12 at 9:00. This session will be a look at the history of tiki in Denver....

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Tiki Research Adventure: Pirate’s Table

Mystery ladies at Pirate’s Table, 1970, from the collection of Matterhorn1959 Matterhorn1959, who runs the excellent Stuff from the Park blog, posted on Tiki Central four photos he found of a group of...

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Bamboo Hut Tiki’s Provenance Revealed?

Large tiki at Bamboo Hut When creating the souvenir passport for this year’s Tiki Crawl, I paid a rare visit to the Bamboo Hut’s website, and noticed a mention that the large tiki near the entrance is...

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Information Sought on McVicker Art

McVicker art of a Polynesian revue Detail of McVicker art The above art was posted by someone on Tiki Central who is looking to learn more about it. It’s lovely — I’d love to know more about it,...

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Tiki Research Adventure: Disney Studios & Pago Pago

Artist’s rendering of the Walt Disney Studios in 1947, from the collection of Matterhorn1959 I love being able to watch as bits of tiki history are uncovered — and it’s especially fun when a bunch of...

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Grass Shack: Pre-Kahiki Bamboo Joint

Grass Shack matchbook, from the collection of uncle trav Grass Shack matchbook This old matchbook from the Grass Shack caught the eye of its owner, uncle trav, one day recently. He found it a year...

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