Post #205257 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Jan 1, 2006 10:12 PM

On 2006-01-01 14:34, filslash quoted:
This ancient Hawaiian version of the totem pole is one of Kathy's favorites. He may not be a cute kid, but then a stewardess prefers the strong, silent type.

...which, upon viewing the idol, brings up the question of it's origin again, especially for you local Hawaiian archaeologists:

This Tiki might be the first truly stylized MODERN Tiki, with its simple facial features and three horizontal lines as crossed fingers. It seems to have been a favorite image for "Hawaii" photos:
It appears on postcards with that gorgeous "Miss Hawaii" Eurasian model posing with it, also on a PANORAMA Columbia Record Club slide card, and with Martin Denny and band next to it. It's location is only identified as a "similar fern forest" as the Mauna Loa tree fern forest.

This Tiki's significance to Polynesian Pop lies (as previously mentioned) in the fact that it was among the first Tikis imported by Trader Vic. The original Oakland Hinky Dink's hut sported two of them as guardians (BOT p.82) when it was turned into Trader Vic's, and in the first outpost in Seattle, one of them can be seen right behind the waiter in the postcard on bottom of p.86

So the question is: WHERE in Hawaii was this Tiki, and WHO carved it, (and others just like it for Trader Vic)????