Did Tiki Fail to Protect the Hawaiian 'Aina? - General Tiki

M MTKahuna Tiki Socialite LB to LA, CA Joined: Jun 11, 2003 Posts: 477	M MTKahuna Posted posted on Tue, Jan 6, 2004 3:13 AM On 2004-01-05 19:46, pablus wrote: Actually, it's been stated that the art of carving Tiki was brought to Hawai'i from other Polynesian Islands and further back in time... from Peru and British Columbia. Polynesia was populated with those descendants of the Peruvian Balsa-wood-raft Mariners integrating with the peoples who came in large canoes from what is now British Columbia. Oddly - both had tikis/totems as a large part of their culture. The book, Kon Tiki, tries to prove that anyway. I believe quite successfully. Thor Heyerdahl... what a ride that guy and his buddies took. I question the validity of early explorers such as Thor Heyerdahl or even the writings of Margaret Mead. There is a great documentary on the journey of Polynesians that was done by PBS. It's called "Nomads of the Wind".

On 2004-01-05 19:46, pablus wrote:

Actually, it's been stated that the art of carving Tiki was brought to Hawai'i from other Polynesian Islands and further back in time... from Peru and British Columbia.

Polynesia was populated with those descendants of the Peruvian Balsa-wood-raft Mariners integrating with the peoples who came in large canoes from what is now British Columbia. Oddly - both had tikis/totems as a large part of their culture.

The book, Kon Tiki, tries to prove that anyway. I believe quite successfully.
Thor Heyerdahl... what a ride that guy and his buddies took.

I question the validity of early explorers such as Thor Heyerdahl or even the writings of Margaret Mead.

There is a great documentary on the journey of Polynesians that was done by PBS. It's called "Nomads of the Wind".

Post #67862 by MTKahuna on Tue, Jan 6, 2004 3:13 AM