Post #776532 by tikiskip on Thu, Jun 1, 2017 9:09 AM

On 2017-05-30 16:28, CosmoReverb wrote:
Just for my own edification, would we generally agree that this would be the foundation of why a ThinkGeek 'Yoda' tiki mug is generally rejected as "tiki," but something like the 'Hitch-hiking Ghosts' mug is accepted? Or is the "authenticity" of the manufacturer or source also a factor?

That is a good point and this would make it hard to “define” what is tiki really.
If you look back you will find the “Steve” mug more clown than tiki, and even the “tiki Bob” mug.
Looks more like a tree with a face, but both tiki to us.
One of the most sought after mugs is the severed Head mug and is the head of James Dean upside down.
How is that tiki?
I want one.

If you go to Sven’s house that is a museum of sorts for tiki over the years you may see Barbie and Ken
In a diorama this could make a newbie think are Barbie and Ken tiki?

Plus the MANY other things that have been deemed as tiki here that are not really tiki but riding In on the back of tiki for one reason or another.

I once told a girl who was Hawaiian and doing the hula at an event that tiki to me was about the Restaurants and bars in America in the 40s and 50s not Hawaii.
This kinda made her mad.

We could not even find a tiki in Hawaii when we went years ago but when we did find some they were made by Bosko.
I can find more of what I call tiki here in Ohio than we did in Hawaii.

If it were not for what some would call cultural appropriation and decorating our spots with Tapa would they even make it as much Tapa they do today?
What would the people who make Tapa do for the money they would lose from no more Tapa sales?

Wonder how much in dollars cultural appropriation makes for the cultures that are selling the things of their cultures to the people who are doing the appropriating of said culture?
Sometimes known as tourists.