Post #483572 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 12:54 PM

On 2009-09-15 11:37, cloudmonkey wrote:
This is some fascinating stuff.

Is the Harvey's signature tiki logo one of these cannibals?

The little guy is right where the big guy's mouth would be. Is this a very stylized version of the Eater?

I believe the Harvey's guy rather is an attempt at this classic Tahitian god:

...which Picasso liked so much he had a replica made of it:

(both pics from Tiki Modern, pages 35/ 36)

Nice Steve Crane style Cannibal, Tikinomad, here is one of the poles that stood in front of the Hanalei Hotel/ Islands Restaurant before it got renovated:

...and we all know where IT originally came from, right? :)

And House of Ku: You OWN that shirt? And you know Spence Weaver's granddaughter? He had the pick of all the top shelf tourist carvings in his day!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-09-15 12:56 ]