Tiki Central / General Tiki / newbie question - "Can someone explain the use of skulls in tiki."
Post #773178 by Berryb on Mon, Feb 20, 2017 12:34 PM
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OK interesting. The Skull thing comes from ancient Polynesian culture; trophies or even ancestor worship. (I know in New Guinea they wore enemy bone necklaces and nose and ear ornaments and grandpa's bones were incorporated into the walls of the house.) Then as Tiki becomes more pop culture skulls become part of the imagery, because real skulls, sadly, are more difficult to come by. I'll help address the deficit of real skulls; soon as I'm done with mine one of you can have it. |