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Today's Tiki Schwag

I'm burning some vacation time this week, so I hopped in the car this morning and drove down to Wisconsin Dells and La Crosse to do some antiquing. As you can see, I had one of my best days ever for scoring tiki schwag. No small feat in an area that's typically devoid of such Polynesian Popschotkes, so I'm a pretty happy Kane tonight.

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Clockwise from left: Coco Joe's Menehune figurines, bowl and palm tree made from coconut husks, well-endowed Tongoroan tiki carving, "Suck 'Em Up" Hawaiian souvenir glass, Coco Joe's Tiki Boat ashtray with sake glasses, Mai-Kai postcard

Click on the Extended entry for larger images of each item.

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Posted by MrBaliHai on April 7, 2008 7:27 PM |

Comments

Exquisite.

Posted by: Max "Bunny" Sparber | April 7, 2008 9:18 PM

I'm actually kind of ambivalent about the Menehunes, they're practically a Polynesian version of Precious Moments figurines.

Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 8, 2008 9:04 AM

except precious moments don't build canoes and poi ponds...

Posted by: johnny dollar | April 8, 2008 10:07 AM

An entire pond of Poi?! As if a teeny-tiny bowl of that stuff isn't enough.

Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 8, 2008 1:05 PM

Great stuff!!!

Posted by: Monica | April 13, 2008 8:35 PM

I also found a beautiful ukulele and a Hawaiian doll, but I'd already reached the spending limit I'd set for myself, so I had to leave them behind.

Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 13, 2008 8:56 PM