Post #374771 by beadtiki on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 4:10 PM

I think a lot of people associated the Tiki Totems with Native American Totems which WERE highly colored. I'm not surprised as there are some similarities in their appearances - the two Honolulu Tikis of Vern's are a good example. We weren't exactly "hip" to cultural differences in the early part of the 20th century; "mashing" together art from different cultures was pretty common - not to mention the people themselves (e.g. "Orientals").