The Jungle-style Thread - Pop Culture Iconography of the Dark Continent - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, May 19, 2011 9:31 AM I'm not quite following...but just as a reminder: The shirt I am wearing above at the Mai Kai depicts Papua New Guinea shields and spears: PNG art is where Polynesian and African tribal art intersect, and blur the line and connect it to Polynesian pop. PNG warriors The same thing goes for MASKS. There were no masks used in Polynesia, basically. But many, many different ones in Papau New Guinea - and of course Africa. So mid-century Tiki designers freely chose from both. Case in point: Tiki Bob's origin. Anything that says "Safari" on it is clearly African (or Jungle) pop, though. Here's another nice mid-century Cannibal pot graphic, by the way: [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-05-19 09:33 ]

I'm not quite following...but just as a reminder:

The shirt I am wearing above at the Mai Kai depicts Papua New Guinea shields and spears:

PNG art is where Polynesian and African tribal art intersect, and blur the line and connect it to Polynesian pop.

PNG warriors

The same thing goes for MASKS. There were no masks used in Polynesia, basically. But many, many different ones in Papau New Guinea - and of course Africa. So mid-century Tiki designers freely chose from both. Case in point: Tiki Bob's origin. Anything that says "Safari" on it is clearly African (or Jungle) pop, though.

Here's another nice mid-century Cannibal pot graphic, by the way:

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-05-19 09:33 ]

Post #589911 by bigbrotiki on Thu, May 19, 2011 9:31 AM