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A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2566	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Mon, Feb 20, 2017 6:33 AM Two things, both may probably not be very useful to you: Friendly suggestion - it would help me and others if you put your question into the topic of this thread. My unresearched answer is that, to me, skulls are more common in tiki today than they were in the past, so to me this seems be a relatively recent (10-20 years) development. There are a number of crossover things which have entered tiki - hot rods, the horror genre, and more which others may comment on. In mid-century America, when servicemen and women returned from the horrors of the war in the Pacific, I think the last thing they wanted to be reminded of was skulls, death, and stuff like that which they saw in their exposure to armed conflict. Therefore tiki in its mid-century incarnation was much more fun and escapist and celebratory as opposed to being somber and dark and realistic. Having said that, I do own some very cool tiki mugs from Kahuna Kevin which feature skulls pretty prominently. I also have other glassware in my bar (it is non-tiki, though) which feature skulls. Hope that helps? Not at all? Glad you posted this question, and welcome to Tiki Central! Let's see what others say about this.

Two things, both may probably not be very useful to you:

Friendly suggestion - it would help me and others if you put your question into the topic of this thread.
My unresearched answer is that, to me, skulls are more common in tiki today than they were in the past, so to me this seems be a relatively recent (10-20 years) development. There are a number of crossover things which have entered tiki - hot rods, the horror genre, and more which others may comment on. In mid-century America, when servicemen and women returned from the horrors of the war in the Pacific, I think the last thing they wanted to be reminded of was skulls, death, and stuff like that which they saw in their exposure to armed conflict. Therefore tiki in its mid-century incarnation was much more fun and escapist and celebratory as opposed to being somber and dark and realistic. Having said that, I do own some very cool tiki mugs from Kahuna Kevin which feature skulls pretty prominently. I also have other glassware in my bar (it is non-tiki, though) which feature skulls.

Hope that helps? Not at all? Glad you posted this question, and welcome to Tiki Central! Let's see what others say about this.

Post #773152 by AceExplorer on Mon, Feb 20, 2017 6:33 AM