Post #7081 by Tiki Chris on Thu, Aug 29, 2002 2:28 AM

i've been meaning to bring this up for some time but have only recently found the time.

my impression of the few tv's i've visited (in addition to promotional material, etc. from other tv's) is that tv's rely as much, if not more, upon the art of papua new guinea (particularly that of the sepik river valley) & melanasia as upon the art of polynesia.

do tiki central members have a problem w/ this?

do any members out there use papua ng/melanasian elements in their home tiki bars?

are there any purists that think a tiki bar should only have tikis - & if so do you not consider tv's a tiki bar?

bigbro, what do you think?

for me, the png/melanasia thing isn't a problem. i think the oceanic arts (melanasia, micronesia & polynesia sans aboriginal australia) work quite well together...particularly in a tiki bar setting.

tc

[ Edited by: tiki chris on 2002-08-29 07:36 ]