Paddle Licker Enigma - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Oct 11, 2002 11:23 AM Good research, guys! The Grog Log has a pic of the Hawaiian Inn logo on page 3. You can find the original mug (with a paddle, not a knife) in the mug mass photo in the B.O.T. on page 177. It usually went like this: Some grapic designer got the job to do a Tiki logo. Finding a Tiki in an Oceanic art book he does his version of it, and then his already altered rendition gets interpreted again by the mug maker, so voila we have Polynesian Pop, as opposed to authenticity. Maori Tikis were subject to all kinds of funky interpretations, like that rare Tiki Bob's mug that's on e-bay (100$+ mug post) right now, and the entrance fountain at the Kahiki (B.O.T., page 128). [ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2002-10-11 11:32 ]

Good research, guys! The Grog Log has a pic of the Hawaiian Inn logo on page 3. You can find the original mug (with a paddle, not a knife) in the mug mass photo in the B.O.T. on page 177.
It usually went like this: Some grapic designer got the job to do a Tiki logo. Finding a Tiki in an Oceanic art book he does his version of it, and then his already altered rendition gets interpreted again by the mug maker, so voila we have Polynesian Pop, as opposed to authenticity.

Maori Tikis were subject to all kinds of funky interpretations, like that rare Tiki Bob's mug that's on e-bay (100$+ mug post) right now, and the entrance fountain at the Kahiki (B.O.T., page 128).

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2002-10-11 11:32 ]

Post #10778 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Oct 11, 2002 11:23 AM