Coco Palms Ephemera - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 5:05 PM I do not own much Coco Palms stuff because, (not to diminish its splendor in any way!), it is a fine example for my theory that Tiki was a MAINLAND phenomenon. For the influential mid-century tourist mecca that it was, it had a surprising lack of Tiki statuary on its vast grounds and absence of graphic Tiki icons in its paper ephemera. Why? Probably for the same reason that the rest of the islands used Tiki imagery sparingly, but here even more than anywhere else: As one can see by the map, the Coco Palms was set on and around so many ancient temple grounds, it would have been gravely politically incorrect to decorate the grounds with faux native godheads.

I do not own much Coco Palms stuff because, (not to diminish its splendor in any way!), it is a fine example for my theory that Tiki was a MAINLAND phenomenon. For the influential mid-century tourist mecca that it was, it had a surprising lack of Tiki statuary on its vast grounds and absence of graphic Tiki icons in its paper ephemera. Why? Probably for the same reason that the rest of the islands used Tiki imagery sparingly, but here even more than anywhere else:

As one can see by the map, the Coco Palms was set on and around so many ancient temple grounds, it would have been gravely politically incorrect to decorate the grounds with faux native godheads.

Post #395609 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 5:05 PM