Post #379777 by bigbrotiki on Mon, May 12, 2008 1:30 PM

...and traditional Northern German Farm houses:

What does the Tiki archaeologist do when he finds himself in a non-Tiki environment? He conjures up its spirit, and creates a fake context!--All in keeping with the fakery of Tiki culture and science. This might be too far-fetched for some, who should feel free to move on, but hopefully others will be amused by my musings.

So when I found myself on my family's holiday farm over the past weekend, I decided to take a fresh look at the buildings I had known since early childhood, using my New World-found Tiki vision, and here is what I discovered:

(I apologize if not all examples follow the strict South Seas/ Poly Pop/German Farm sequence, but I had to fall back on imagery available on my lap top)
To begin with, here is a variety of thatched A-frame meeting and storage houses from the South Seas:

Below is a traditional thatched A-framed storage shed on our farm:

Here's a closer look at the traditional reed thatched roof on our old barn (which was built in 1789):

NEXT: Carved outrigger beams on A-frame gables:

Either in animal or simple human form:

My dad's house gable:

NEXT: Village-like grouping of A-frame buildings in ancient Hawaii:

A well known mid-century modern Tiki temple:

View from the storage shed onto the main stable building on our farm:

NEXT: Urban archaeologist inside a mid-century A-frame in L.A.:

View 1 of the attic of the large farm house in Germany:

NEXT: Smoked meat. - First: Dried Maori ancestor heads:

Barbecue in front of Poly Pop rec room in L.A.:

Reverse angle from in the attic onto the traditional "meat smoking room" built around the chimney:

NEXT: The use of open fire on the islands:

Flaming Poly Pop Tiki Torches:

Burning some old baskets in the outside fireplace of my dad's house:

NEXT: Village elders - A Maori chief:

Bob and Leroy at Oceanic Arts:

My aunt Imme:

NEXT: Cryptic inscriptions on the beams of the buildings (look at beam above entrance):

My grandparents' house with their names in old German type:

NEXT: Rock walls marking the perimeter of the settlement (temple at Kona):

Wall around our farm built out of "field foundlings":

A different part of the mossy foundling stone wall:

NEXT: Weapons and Tools displays (here from Samoa):

Wall at a booth in the original Islands restaurant at the Hanalei Hotel in San Diego:

Old tools on the farm house wall in Germany:

...and last not least: Primitive art in front of thatched farm house:

...NOT! Only kidding! Of course there is no primitive art on a traditional Northern German farm! This photo of some modern African sculptures was taken at the Krefeld Zoo while scouting locations (...which happens to have been built on the property of an old farm.) :D

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-05-12 21:48 ]