Post #286435 by khan_tiki_mon on Sun, Feb 18, 2007 11:38 AM

I've picked these wooden placques up on e-Bay over the past few months. They weren't a set, I purchased them individually.

I don't know much about them. There are no markings on them. They are not cast but are real wood and presumably hand carved.




I'm guessing from the dress and the banana trees that these may be Central American and not Polynesian Pop. These placques are going to figure into the newest redesign of my 'Tiki' lounge. While the majority of my lounge and my collection adheres to the strict definition of 'Tiki' and Polynesian Pop I do have some primitive stuff from Central America. Is that a sin or taboo as far as Tiki goes? My wife is half Costa Rican and is on her way to San Jose, Costa Rica tomorrow for 2 weeks. Hopefully she'll bring me back some tasty stuff for the lounge. If anyone is interested I'll show off some of my Costa Rican stuff (I just don't want to offend the purists).