Post #116773 by tikijackalope on Mon, Sep 27, 2004 11:41 PM

tikijackalope posted

Cristiki295 asked

Are those bathroom door handles Mayan tiki?

I'm no expert, but it looks like you're right, especially about the one on the left. Of course, we tend to look at things through the lens of our preferences so I see the lines under the mouth and think of Maori tattoos.
Its funny you'd mention this; I was just reading about August Holland (artist of the Pearl of Wisdom, et al) and noticed that many web references to the print refer to the figure in it as a "Mayan god", when it looks tiki to me...and now you call our attention to apparently Mayan/Aztec/Olmec inspired hardware in a Polynesian restaurant.
Maybe in addition to "poly-pop" we need the more general "archeo-pop" or "ethno-pop."

[ Edited by: tikijackalope on 2004-09-27 23:42 ]