Post #496981 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Dec 2, 2009 11:29 PM

As to Mr. Naufrago's question, the main place I know of where those two genres got mixed freely was the house of Witco. But that I will get to later. First, let's go on a little matchbook Safari:

The most iconic image in these parts is of course Burbank's SAFARI INN sign:

I used this architectural detail of an African lancer from the Inn in Tiki Modern:

The shield'n'spear could actually be regarded as the main logo of the style:

(here it's even a Witco shield)

Not all shield'n'spear places were called "Safari" though:

But there definitely were more "Safaris" out there than any other names:

Here's the one Safari Restaurant that still is open, and that I have been to:

But, as I said, there were other monikers, earlier in the century:

And here a cross-over subject that is not really Polynesian but part of Polynesian pop history:

And that's all for tonight, folks! :D