Tiki Central / General Tiki / What defines "TIKI" art...and does anybody care?
Post #388968 by Tiki Shark Art on Mon, Jun 23, 2008 4:16 PM
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Bigbrotiki, oh yeah. I grock you, baby. And I appreciate your concern and obvious love for the subject, as it's important to all of us here. I didn't mean to relate that I'd never pick up a Hawaiian art history book. Quite the opposite! I dig researching Polynesian and Hawaiian art. Fascinating stuff! The further I read, the more mysterious the history of Tiki is. No written old Hawaiian language means different views from different historians. LIKE... It seems no one is 100% sure which tiki represented which god. They are guessing. They have cataloged where the tikis where found and on which island. But ther're guessing which is which. Each Hawaiian island had a different art style of tiki carving. So, were they different gods, or just different styles? Except, of course, the ones in Hilo Hattie's. They all have their names written on the bottom of their feet. Right next to "Made in China". :) Tiki Shark [ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2008-06-23 17:20 ] |
