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Post #352695 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jan 3, 2008 9:28 AM

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That is great info, Robert, thank you for inquiring. I have been meaning to go over to O.A. since I got back, but first I have to pluck all the material they lent me for from the Tiki Modern folders that Taschen returned to me! :)

Proves that there are chapters and persons (like Demitirios Chavez) in Tiki history that have yet to be uncovered!

Robert Carter apparently was the grandfather of mid-century Tiki art. He worked with Eli Hedley, and "fathered" Bob and Leroy. I know nothing else about him. Here are some ancient scrolls from the O.A. archive:

This feather stone head that now rests in my front yard looks like it possibly could be from this Tiki forge:

(but it also COULD be from Mike Gildea's shop:)
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=22886&forum=2&vpost=284481