Post #448884 by christiki295 on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 11:25 AM

While I obviously have not researched the subject like you, Big Bro, even showing up at the Night of Tiki art show in Culver City some years back immediately raised the question:

Night of the Tiki art show:

http://www.lastgasp.com/pics/nigtik.jpg

"This book explores the work of Shag, America's hippest neo-tiki artist; Leroy Schmaltz, the granddaddy of 1950's tiki Americana; and the authentic Oceanic art that influenced them both."

The Oceanic art that was there included Melaneisa, like this one at the De Young:
http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/collections/collection.asp?collectionkey=39&screen=2

Where did people from Melanesia come from? At some point, Africa.
The commonly accepted Out of Africa theory and the opposing (some say European-centric) based opposing theory each admit as much.

The Night of Tiki cover art is strikingly similar to this example of African Art:
http://hof.povray.org/images/mask26.jpg

This African Art looks very similar to Melanesian art, like that at Night of the Tiki:
http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/02/07/ho_tribal07_003_lh.jpg

The Suffering Bastard - made famous by the Tiki Mug - looks exactly like this African Art:
http://www.brooklodge.co.nz/Creative/webimages/Africa_totem.jpg

[ Edited by: christiki295 2009-04-22 11:31 ]