Comments on: Massive Moai: Oklahoma http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/08/07/massive-moai-oklahoma Reports from your intrepid tiki explorer, Humuhumu Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:37:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Humuhumu http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/08/07/massive-moai-oklahoma#comment-17404 Humuhumu Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:26:14 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/08/07/massive-moai-oklahoma#comment-17404 He was, but he moved away in the '30s, and I don't know how often, if ever, he went back. Now that I look at it a bit closer, the design is almost exactly the same as a moai tiki mug by OMC that was pretty common back then: http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=963 It seems likely that Suttle, or whoever did this for him, based it on one of these souvenir mugs. That doesn't seem like Eli's style -- his stuff is pretty uniquely his stuff, from what I've seen. But, I wouldn't rule it out entirely! He was, but he moved away in the ’30s, and I don’t know how often, if ever, he went back. Now that I look at it a bit closer, the design is almost exactly the same as a moai tiki mug by OMC that was pretty common back then:

http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=963

It seems likely that Suttle, or whoever did this for him, based it on one of these souvenir mugs. That doesn’t seem like Eli’s style — his stuff is pretty uniquely his stuff, from what I’ve seen. But, I wouldn’t rule it out entirely!

]]> By: johnthethriftcomber http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/08/07/massive-moai-oklahoma#comment-17389 johnthethriftcomber Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:20:49 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/08/07/massive-moai-oklahoma#comment-17389 Eli Hedley was from Oklahoma, right? Could this be one of his moai? Eli Hedley was from Oklahoma, right? Could this be one of his moai?

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