Post #563416 by Cammo on Thu, Nov 4, 2010 10:24 AM

I don't know HOW many times I have to explain this!

The Tiki Movement was a mid-20th century phenomenon based on the U.S. Mainland. This picture is of statues which are NOT U.S. Made, and have been dated to between 1100-1600 AD, making them DEFINATELY NOT TIKI.

When white Americans visited Easter Island in the 1950's and brought back images of the Tikis they saw there, the pictures themselves were Tiki but - NOT THE ORIGINAL STATUES. Get it? I don't want to explain this anymore.

Also, the photo you see looks very modern, it was not taken in the 1950's and thus even this photo itself is NOT TIKI.

Also, you are looking at this photo in the 21st Century. So the very act of looking at it and thinking "Hey, those are pretty cool Tikis, they sure are big, I wonder how long it would take Buzzy to carve one?" is NOT TIKI, it is in fact a modern day appreciation of the Retro Tiki Movement that has already gone by.

I don't know how to make this idea more clear to you. Why is this such a difficult concept to grasp?