Help identifying source of Tiki mask? - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Feb 18, 2016 7:17 PM On 2016-02-17 22:03, SpaceAgeCity wrote: Wow! Very Disney-fied! Thanks for sharing that. Exactly. The above paint job hails no doubt from the late Kahiki period, and is like all clown-Tiki paint jobs a sign of Tiki devolution. Proprietors felt they needed to spruce up business, and, fearing the gods they had once conjured, wanted to cover up the dark brown, brooding countenance of their carvings. Their workmen let their imagination soar, which unfortunately had nothing to do with the earthen, muted tones the tribal artists used. This lead to horrible mistakes such as this Tiki, available at the Kahiki sale: Thus, the above is not really a good color example to go by in my opinion. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2016-02-18 19:23 ]

On 2016-02-17 22:03, SpaceAgeCity wrote:

Wow! Very Disney-fied! Thanks for sharing that.

Exactly. The above paint job hails no doubt from the late Kahiki period, and is like all clown-Tiki paint jobs a sign of Tiki devolution. Proprietors felt they needed to spruce up business, and, fearing the gods they had once conjured, wanted to cover up the dark brown, brooding countenance of their carvings. Their workmen let their imagination soar, which unfortunately had nothing to do with the earthen, muted tones the tribal artists used. This lead to horrible mistakes such as this Tiki, available at the Kahiki sale:

Thus, the above is not really a good color example to go by in my opinion.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2016-02-18 19:23 ]

Post #759326 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Feb 18, 2016 7:17 PM