Tiki Goes to College - Yearbook Archeology - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 8:35 AM On 2009-01-19 19:31, nicktiki wrote: When I was in high school I played Basketball against Coronado High. They were in our league, so we pIayed them twice a year with one of the games at Coronado. I remember they had a Moai painted on the wall of the gym and in the middle of the court where you jump center. The Moai was very much their symbol. I believe it was even used on their uniforms. Being that Coronado High is less than 10 miles from me, it might make for a fun feature in a future issue of Tiki Magazine. Yessssss! That would be a great subject, mixing vintage material with photos of today! We want to see that mural, and the uniforms! The great thing is that their mascot was clearly a Moai, yet it was christened "The Tiki": Book of Tiki, page 40: "...a new figurehead of Polynesian pop emerged: the carved native idol commonly referred to as Tiki. Notwithstanding the fact that the term did not exist in the Hawaiian or Tahitian languages, or that the stone sculptures of Easter Island were actually called "Moai", in Polynesian pop, all Oceanic carvings became members of one happy family: the Tikis."

On 2009-01-19 19:31, nicktiki wrote:
When I was in high school I played Basketball against Coronado High. They were in our league, so we pIayed them twice a year with one of the games at Coronado. I remember they had a Moai painted on the wall of the gym and in the middle of the court where you jump center. The Moai was very much their symbol. I believe it was even used on their uniforms. Being that Coronado High is less than 10 miles from me, it might make for a fun feature in a future issue of Tiki Magazine.

Yessssss! That would be a great subject, mixing vintage material with photos of today! We want to see that mural, and the uniforms! The great thing is that their mascot was clearly a Moai, yet it was christened "The Tiki":

Book of Tiki, page 40:
"...a new figurehead of Polynesian pop emerged: the carved native idol commonly referred to as Tiki. Notwithstanding the fact that the term did not exist in the Hawaiian or Tahitian languages, or that the stone sculptures of Easter Island were actually called "Moai", in Polynesian pop, all Oceanic carvings became members of one happy family: the Tikis."

Post #429859 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 8:35 AM