Radiocarbon dates reveal that New Guinea art is older than thought - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Feb 6, 2006 11:36 PM On 2006-02-06 18:07, martiki wrote: One thing I found interesting is that while several of the pieces were totems, and there were figural representations from a few cultures, the word "tiki" appears nowhere in the exhibit. Usually, it's labelled "god" or "deity". I thought it was in several cultures? ...which is exactly the difference between Polynesian Pop and Polynesian culture: BOT, page 40 : "Not withstanding that the term "Tiki" did not exist in the Hawaiian and Tahitian languages, or that the stone sculptures of Easter Island were actually called "Moai", in Polynesian Pop all Oceanic carvings became members of one happy family: The Tikis." In Hawaii they're called Ki'i, and in Tahiti Ti'i, the term Tiki for sculptures is only used in the Marquesas and in Maori-land. I believe that there even might be an academic phobia to label any carvings wrong, and since they often do not know which god a carving depicts exactly, because the information is lost in time, they pick a more generic term, like "deity".

On 2006-02-06 18:07, martiki wrote:
One thing I found interesting is that while several of the pieces were totems, and there were figural representations from a few cultures, the word "tiki" appears nowhere in the exhibit. Usually, it's labelled "god" or "deity". I thought it was in several cultures?

...which is exactly the difference between Polynesian Pop and Polynesian culture:

BOT, page 40 : "Not withstanding that the term "Tiki" did not exist in the Hawaiian and Tahitian languages, or that the stone sculptures of Easter Island were actually called "Moai", in Polynesian Pop all Oceanic carvings became members of one happy family: The Tikis."

In Hawaii they're called Ki'i, and in Tahiti Ti'i, the term Tiki for sculptures is only used in the Marquesas and in Maori-land.

I believe that there even might be an academic phobia to label any carvings wrong, and since they often do not know which god a carving depicts exactly, because the information is lost in time, they pick a more generic term, like "deity".

Post #213088 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Feb 6, 2006 11:36 PM