Post #602548 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Aug 15, 2011 9:34 AM

Well, let's face it, simply hanging up a skeleton on the wall is not much more than Halloween decorating. It could be pirate-themed perhaps, but that ain't Tiki either.

To bring it more into the South Seas realm, I would disassemble it and just use the bones and the skull. To illustrate what I meant above with beads and feathers, here are some real examples of decorated ancestor heads from various islands in the South Pacific. Nice craft projects!:

Irian Jaya ancestor skull, Asmat

Marquesas Islands with wild boar tusks and shell eyes

Another, more elaborate Irian Jaya job. This one has some real Voodoo to it, I think!

This one from the Solomon Islands is a little too abstract maybe.

You can also build a little altar for it:

...or put it in a planter and let it rot, for added authenticity:

Then again, you might stick with the fez! :D