Post #15399 by Tiki King on Wed, Dec 4, 2002 3:45 PM

The shrunken head/Tiki connection is not clear, but the connection to Polynesia/exotica is not hard to follow and goes back much further than the 50's and 60's. I think a lot of it has more to do with early (1700's 1800's) explorers bringing back souvenirs from many exotic locals which all sort of got lumped together in the minds of the masses ala adventure land. kind of like the pirate with the hook and wooden leg. I have done a fair amount of study on Pirates, and there are no recorded examples of any that had such. Or Parrots for that matter, but we associate these things with Pirates. probably also had a lot to do with "Traders" coming around to sell their wares with stories of headhunters and cannibals, exotic tropical locals and beautiful topless Polynesian woman. In the mind of the adventure hungry public, these all came from the same far away place.