Post #574216 by IslandSpy on Tue, Feb 1, 2011 5:21 PM

On 2011-02-01 17:07, MadDogMike wrote:
While there are some similarities, the art of Indonesia is more closely identified with India than Polynesia.

This is true not so much the style of the art, but some of the subjects of the teak panels. My fiance lived in Indonesia for 8 years and acquired a lot of carved teak furniture. It has a very, very island/ tiki feel with the tropical plants, taro patties, peacocks, plumerias and coconut trees. But some of the carvings have Hindu imagery (like Rama & Sita in exile), which is where the Indian religious influence comes in. The islanders there have little connection to the animism of their ancestors (although the same could be said for the rest of the S. pacific, where they're mostly Christianized as demonstrated by the churches on every corner in Hawaii, lol).

Does this mean I can't hang out at Tiki Central??:(
We do have one small teak tiki (maybe 16"), a teak Captain Cook, an Indo ukulele and a miniature Balinese water goddess tiki hut...