The Art of Apartment Archaeology - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 6:04 PM Thanks Paipo, that was quick! A monkey becomes a Tiki! Welllll.... that proves again that the subconscious "sinking in" of the Tiki image into the common mind began in the mid-50s! But it does look like the face in the background (the eye, the hair, the color) is that of a monkey, no? The whole illustration has more of a 40s feel, too bad I cannot make out the name of the artist at the bottom of the Tiki. Actually, much later, at the end of the Tiki period, there was an episode of Hawaii-5-O were the blunt weapon WAS a Tiki (one of the very few episodes of that show where a Tiki appeared). P.S.: Makes me wonder what the mid-50s book club edition of Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon" looked like! :D [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-06-30 18:25 ]

Thanks Paipo, that was quick! A monkey becomes a Tiki! Welllll.... that proves again that the subconscious "sinking in" of the Tiki image into the common mind began in the mid-50s! But it does look like the face in the background (the eye, the hair, the color) is that of a monkey, no? The whole illustration has more of a 40s feel, too bad I cannot make out the name of the artist at the bottom of the Tiki.

Actually, much later, at the end of the Tiki period, there was an episode of Hawaii-5-O were the blunt weapon WAS a Tiki (one of the very few episodes of that show where a Tiki appeared).

P.S.: Makes me wonder what the mid-50s book club edition of Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon" looked like! :D

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-06-30 18:25 ]

Post #390754 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 6:04 PM