Post #7177 by Alnshely on Thu, Aug 29, 2002 9:26 PM

I like the Melanesian, New guinea and New Zealand influenced art. Some of it is so strange, so weird, so very exotic. It all blends well in a Tiki bar environment. The art of these regions has a little color in it, so it breaks up all the wooden monotone. Blending a variety of oceanic art and American Tikis looks cool, and no one dose it like Trader Vic's.

I have some Melanesian Dancing sticks framing my Ku Behind the bar.

Some other influences you can add to a tiki bar
Chinese. (Coolie hats)

Native Dance. Hula girls add that special ambiance.

Don Ho.

While we're talking about various island art, I have some examples.
At the Bishops museum in Honolulu they have some Melanesian art.

These are from New Calandonia.

I may be wrong, but , I believe these are from new Ireland.

In the Book Of Tiki there is a photo of the Maori carved door of the luau in Hollywood. It's really striking. Moari art is among my favorite. These carvings are at the Polynesian cultural center on the island of Oahu.



This meeting house was unbelievable.

The Marquesans

I really like Hawaiian Tikis too.

[ Edited by: Alnshely on 2002-08-29 21:46 ]