Post #12743 by Trader_Rick on Mon, Nov 4, 2002 1:49 PM

I'm clearly in the minority here, but I actually LIKE some of the stuff that people think is tiki. Sometimes i even buy it myself. They had this cool little hand made water sprite statue from Ghana at Cost Plus. It was wearing a grass skirt and was water god, plus it just looked cool. Cost Plus also has these wall mount book shelves from Africa that are actually kinda tiki looking. I think I might get them someday.

But if someone gets you something that you don't like, the important thing is that they tried. I mean, authentic tiki merchandise is REALLY hard to get. If your friends do find real tiki stuff, chances are you already have it anyway. You have to be a collector yourself to know where to find any. But if someone got me a Trader Dutch or Tiki Farm mug, or even a KC Co. Ltd. Hapa Wood statue, I would think it was a great gift