Questions For Bill Sapp / Kahiki Owner/ Mystery Bowl Found / New pics - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Jun 6, 2006 3:28 PM I concur with Jeff on the Kahiki to Kon-Tiki succession of the fireplace graphic, though the first Steve Crane Kon Tiki was built in 1958 in Montreal. And I don't think the Shreveport one was part of that chain, but one of numerous individual Polynesian restaurants that also used that name. I believe that matchbook is another example of how the imitators were imitated in Polynesian pop, or, to make it more positive sounding, how the creative inspiration demonstrated in one place inspired the creation of the next: Each successive place brought forth another, as we know--- Don inspired Vic and the Mai Kai, and the Mai Kai (see bowl and mystery girl ritual) and Vic inspired the Kahiki, and the Kahiki inspired many places in the area (and beyond), and so on. I love unraveling the "Chain of Transmission" of Tiki temple art and concepts, and am thrilled that, after the chain had been broken by Tiki culture's devolution and falling into obscurity, the Book of Tiki has become the missing link between the past and the present, with its vintage imagery being used by today's nouveaux Tiki establishments.

I concur with Jeff on the Kahiki to Kon-Tiki succession of the fireplace graphic, though the first Steve Crane Kon Tiki was built in 1958 in Montreal. And I don't think the Shreveport one was part of that chain, but one of numerous individual Polynesian restaurants that also used that name.

I believe that matchbook is another example of how the imitators were imitated in Polynesian pop, or, to make it more positive sounding, how the creative inspiration demonstrated in one place inspired the creation of the next: Each successive place brought forth another, as we know--- Don inspired Vic and the Mai Kai, and the Mai Kai (see bowl and mystery girl ritual) and Vic inspired the Kahiki, and the Kahiki inspired many places in the area (and beyond), and so on.

I love unraveling the "Chain of Transmission" of Tiki temple art and concepts, and am thrilled that, after the chain had been broken by Tiki culture's devolution and falling into obscurity, the Book of Tiki has become the missing link between the past and the present, with its vintage imagery being used by today's nouveaux Tiki establishments.

Post #236334 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Jun 6, 2006 3:28 PM