Post #249304 by JohnnyP on Wed, Aug 16, 2006 1:47 PM

Hey everybody,
Thanks a lot. The pictures came out blurryer than they looked on my computer.

Congatiki- I think Kudos is an un-tiki word- but thanks anyways.

Tikigap / Bete- I was referring to north for Tiki Land point of view- north meaning not Florida or SoCal. Not to the un-tiki Mason-Dixon line that separates us.

Surf-n-turf- The sharks tooth thingy did take a long long time (ask Kingstyedye) to complete-thanks for noticing.

Paipo-Thank you for the comments- my goal is to look as authentic as possible and I am slowly learning how to carve and still have a long ways to go.

BK- Yes I would love to get a source for some authentic materials. I felt pretty silly standing by the road picking through a rotten carcass like a vulture--Ahhh, what we do for fun. Not exactly sure of the region from PNG, I found a picture in a book, but it wasn't identified as to where it was from.

I do have a few more bones if anybody wants one of these. For reference this is about 6 inches long.

I just finished reading all 24 pages of the un-tiki thread and I have to ask: Most of my carvings and interest are PNG influenced and I think they fit the tiki definition, but are they? I've been the the Mai Kai in Florida and much of their decoration is New Guinea influenced (much of it very close to authentic looking) so I've been using that as my yardstick. Also I have seen fish carvings in other tiki bars so I didn't think they were out of place. What do you think?

Thanks again.
JP