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Post #795347 by bongofury on Sun, May 26, 2019 9:14 AM
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Last year at Tiki Oasis I did a symposium about the South Seas on film. I showed a clip from Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) where the white sailors approach a Polynesian village and see that the natives have what appears to be a giant carved coconut monkey as their God. I am assuming the coconut monkey tourist carving came before 1957 and the Art Director used it as inspiration. Rongo |