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T tikicoma Grand Member (9 years) wakinekona Joined: Jan 16, 2010 Posts: 839	T tikicoma Posted posted on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 10:34 PM The term tiki used here is a fairly general term. In the USA pre and post war its been an amalgam of Caribbean, South Seas and generally tropical infuences then post war actual Tiki and ancestor images/carvings came into vogue. I'm sure you all know this. As far as monkeys there is a tropical, Philippines, Indonesian (South Seas) connection. Monkeys in fezzes? German and American tin toys of the 1930's had monkeys in fezzes and organ grinders and their monkeys showed them in caps, including fezzes, in 20-30's photos. This one has a 1893 German patent. Parrots out of place in Polynesia? That might be disagreed with in New Zealand (4 different parrots) or French Polynesia (3 different parrots). Don't limit tiki style to Hawaiian polynesia when so much of the imagery isn't Polynesian, much of the post war carvings/illustrations were Papua New Guinean.

The term tiki used here is a fairly general term. In the USA pre and post war its been an amalgam of Caribbean, South Seas and generally tropical infuences then post war actual Tiki and ancestor images/carvings came into vogue. I'm sure you all know this. As far as monkeys there is a tropical, Philippines, Indonesian (South Seas) connection. Monkeys in fezzes? German and American tin toys of the 1930's had monkeys in fezzes and organ grinders and their monkeys showed them in caps, including fezzes, in 20-30's photos. This one has a 1893 German patent.

Parrots out of place in Polynesia? That might be disagreed with in New Zealand (4 different parrots) or French Polynesia (3 different parrots).

Don't limit tiki style to Hawaiian polynesia when so much of the imagery isn't Polynesian, much of the post war carvings/illustrations were Papua New Guinean.

Post #751501 by tikicoma on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 10:34 PM