Walt Disney Enchanted Tiki Room Gods & Tangaroa Babies - General Tiki

T Tumatauenga Tiki Centralite Joined: Nov 11, 2012 Posts: 39	T Tumatauenga Posted posted on Tue, Jan 27, 2015 7:03 PM I thought a thread about the history and inspiration of the Walt Disney Enchanted Tiki Room Tiki Gods and Tiki Babies would be cool. I always thought that the designs were original to Disney but it appears that some were "inspired" from real Oceanic Artfacts. As I was flipping through the infamous Arts of The South Seas book (discussed in this forum) I came across a female figure from the Trobriand Islands of New Guinea and immediately recognized the head to be the same as the New Life Tiki Baby from Disneyland. I just thought it was a cool discovery and wanted to share. If anyone knows the inspirations from other Disney Tikis please share.

I thought a thread about the history and inspiration of the Walt Disney Enchanted Tiki Room Tiki Gods and Tiki Babies would be cool. I always thought that the designs were original to Disney but it appears that some were "inspired" from real Oceanic Artfacts. As I was flipping through the infamous Arts of The South Seas book (discussed in this forum) I came across a female figure from the Trobriand Islands of New Guinea and immediately recognized the head to be the same as the New Life Tiki Baby from Disneyland. I just thought it was a cool discovery and wanted to share. If anyone knows the inspirations from other Disney Tikis please share.

Post #736121 by Tumatauenga on Tue, Jan 27, 2015 7:03 PM