Please identify this stone tiki - General Tiki

L linmus1 Member Joined: Jun 20, 2015 Posts: 5	L linmus1 Posted posted on Sun, Jun 21, 2015 9:08 AM On 2015-06-21 03:59, uncle trav wrote: Here is a thread about Daydream Island and the Tiki Village Motel. The tiki you are asking about is shown in one of the postcards. Most likely the statue was the result of the artist imagination loosely based on a Polynesian design but that's just my opinion. http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=33707&forum=2 Thanks so much for that link. That thread describes two separate Tiki holiday destinations in Australia. One in north Queensland and one in south Queensland. The Tiki I was referring to is/was in south Queensland in a city called Gold Coast, or more specifically a suburb named Surfers Paradise. From the information gathered in that thread and a quick look on Google Maps, it would appear the stone Tiki is still present to this day at the end of Cavill Avenue. I'm sure someone on this forum would have revealed who that Tiki carving was intended to represent by now so I can only assume it is a generic Tiki that isn't specific to any Polynesian belief system. Having said that, the old Tiki Village in Surfers Paradise was Hawaiian themed so it would be fair to say that if it was going to represent anything then it would be the Hawaiian version of Tiki culture. I've become quite interested in the mythology behind it all recently and in particular this statue. I'm not sure if that particular Tiki was imported from Hawaii but I am familiar with Pele's curse and I do wonder if perhaps there is a link there between the old resort burning down and the Tiki that has a Hawaiian link. Maybe there is a real story behind it burning down but there was a reincarnation of the resort that came a few years later and you might notice the Tiki statue is slightly altered in the picture in the original post of this thread. I'm probably looking into it too much and maybe making some people uncomfortable but Bernie Elsey, who built the original Tiki Village in Surfers Paradise, ended up dying of cancer and another Gold Coast developer, Christopher Skase, who also had a link with Hawaii (Princeville), ended up also dying of cancer. It's the mythology of it all that has me interested and the fact that the Tiki still stands to this day is very interesting. I know the Maori mythology says that Tiki was lonely and ended up creating a woman from his own reflection in the water. Again, I'm probably looking into this too much but you might notice that the the Tiki is facing its back to the river. Basically what I'm saying is that, according to the Maori mythology, a Tiki would be desperate to find a companion in the water but has his back facing the river and can't his reflection. Instead, this Tiki witnessed the village burning down. I'm almost definitely looking into it too much but is it possible that some form of curse has been placed on the city because of the events that took place and the fact that the Tiki continues to face its back to the river?

On 2015-06-21 03:59, uncle trav wrote:
Here is a thread about Daydream Island and the Tiki Village Motel. The tiki you are asking about is shown in one of the postcards. Most likely the statue was the result of the artist imagination loosely based on a Polynesian design but that's just my opinion.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=33707&forum=2

Thanks so much for that link. That thread describes two separate Tiki holiday destinations in Australia. One in north Queensland and one in south Queensland. The Tiki I was referring to is/was in south Queensland in a city called Gold Coast, or more specifically a suburb named Surfers Paradise. From the information gathered in that thread and a quick look on Google Maps, it would appear the stone Tiki is still present to this day at the end of Cavill Avenue.

I'm sure someone on this forum would have revealed who that Tiki carving was intended to represent by now so I can only assume it is a generic Tiki that isn't specific to any Polynesian belief system. Having said that, the old Tiki Village in Surfers Paradise was Hawaiian themed so it would be fair to say that if it was going to represent anything then it would be the Hawaiian version of Tiki culture. I've become quite interested in the mythology behind it all recently and in particular this statue.

I'm not sure if that particular Tiki was imported from Hawaii but I am familiar with Pele's curse and I do wonder if perhaps there is a link there between the old resort burning down and the Tiki that has a Hawaiian link. Maybe there is a real story behind it burning down but there was a reincarnation of the resort that came a few years later and you might notice the Tiki statue is slightly altered in the picture in the original post of this thread. I'm probably looking into it too much and maybe making some people uncomfortable but Bernie Elsey, who built the original Tiki Village in Surfers Paradise, ended up dying of cancer and another Gold Coast developer, Christopher Skase, who also had a link with Hawaii (Princeville), ended up also dying of cancer.

It's the mythology of it all that has me interested and the fact that the Tiki still stands to this day is very interesting. I know the Maori mythology says that Tiki was lonely and ended up creating a woman from his own reflection in the water. Again, I'm probably looking into this too much but you might notice that the the Tiki is facing its back to the river. Basically what I'm saying is that, according to the Maori mythology, a Tiki would be desperate to find a companion in the water but has his back facing the river and can't his reflection. Instead, this Tiki witnessed the village burning down. I'm almost definitely looking into it too much but is it possible that some form of curse has been placed on the city because of the events that took place and the fact that the Tiki continues to face its back to the river?

Post #745308 by linmus1 on Sun, Jun 21, 2015 9:08 AM