Tiki Carving in a Thai Rainforest (fixed) - Tiki Travel

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 10:28 PM Yeah, I thought 'King Kong' when I first saw it! Indeed, I noticed a lot of Thai-carved Tiki's for sale in the souvenir shops, including a Tiki bong which cropped up again and again. They really stick out from the traditional Thai stuff. I've got a mask at home that was carved somewhere in Indonesia where you can see how the traditional local patterns had crept into a Tiki design. I'd guess it's about 30 years old. The carvings on sale these days seem to copy current trends in Tiki carving. Here's one that was for sale: Every other bar on these Thai islands is a bamboo bar and a good many of them have one or two of these locally carved Tikis. You couldn't really call them Tiki bars, though, just beach bars. Trader Woody

Yeah, I thought 'King Kong' when I first saw it!

Indeed, I noticed a lot of Thai-carved Tiki's for sale in the souvenir shops, including
a Tiki bong which cropped up again and again. They really stick out from the traditional Thai stuff.
I've got a mask at home that was carved somewhere in Indonesia where you can see how the traditional local patterns had crept into a Tiki design. I'd guess it's about 30 years old. The carvings on sale these days seem to copy current trends in Tiki carving.

Here's one that was for sale:

Every other bar on these Thai islands is a bamboo bar and a good many of them have one or two of these locally carved Tikis. You couldn't really call them Tiki bars, though, just beach bars.

Trader Woody

Post #489770 by Trader Woody on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 10:28 PM