Post #430387 by Cammo on Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:44 AM

More of the Definitive List. The following are either examples of "Polynesian Pop","Hawaiiana" or "Pre-Tiki" styles. They are not "Tiki"."Tiki Style" excludes any aspect of the following as "Tiki";

Velvet paintings by Edgar Leeteg (a.Made in Tahiti, b.no Tikis)
Don the Beachcomber (Pre-Tiki, check the chart)
Trader Vic (Pre-Tiki, check the chart)
Trader Vics' Drinks (Pre-Tiki, check the chart)
Don the Beachcomber Drinks (Pre-Tiki, check the chart)
All mugs made by the above (Pre-Tiki, check the chart)
Witco's Non-Tiki Catalogue
Postcards from Hawaii
Henry Kapono (good one there!)
Modern Hawaiian Music
Beach Bars
Pirates
Smugglers (what if they're smuggling Tikis?)
That Jimmy Buffet guy & the music he exudes
The entire continent of Australia
Every Tiki Collected in a Museum
Every Country in Europe and the Tiki Bars therein
The Raffles Bar in Singapore
The Singapore Sling
The entire continent of Asia
The entire continent of Africa and their 10,000 year history of icon carving
East Asia
Japan and the mugs made therein at any time (not Mainland America)
Canada (I might be in error here. We need clarification; is Canada "Mainland"?)
South America
Micronesia
Macronesia
Polynesia
New Guinea
The Entire Pacific Ocean
Everything IN the Ocean
Anything to do with Ships and Nautical Objects
Native Tattooing designs
Hawaiian Swing music
Pacific Native Languages
Pacific Native Crafts
Music featuring Slide Steel Guitar
Don Ho
Hawaiian Shirts
Luaus
Original Pre-Contact Native Carved Tikis
The International Marketplace
The Bishop Museum (those native Tikis again)
Hawaii
Hawaiian Tourism
Hawaiian Carved Tikis
Coco Joe's Mass Produced Tikis
Surfing
Ku Mugs
Bamboo Bars with no Tikis in them
Tommy Bahama Hibiscus/palm tree/surfboard shirts
Hula Girls
Hawaii 5-0

Okay, NOW have I left anything out?

[ Edited by: Cammo 2009-01-24 06:51 ]