Post #466342 by Robb Hamel on Thu, Jul 2, 2009 7:21 AM

I'm interested in building a library of books featuring "real" tikis. I'd like to know about the actual native carvings of humans/gods/spirits, etc. that we give that name to, not headdresses and wooden bowls.

I thought this might be helpful to a lot of TCers who want to find out more about the real thing. If there is already a thread like this let me know.

Until someone writes "The Book of Real Tikis" can someone make some book-buying suggestions?

I own "Arts of the South Seas" and "Art of the Pacific Islands in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" and both are very weak in the Tiki department. Bigbrotiki has recommended the 1954 "Oceanic Art", which I'm about to purchase. The internet has been nearly useless.

Help!