Origin of tiki monkey - General Tiki

SM Scott McGerik Grand Member (1 year) Joined: Feb 23, 2005 Posts: 306	SM Scott McGerik Posted posted on Wed, May 29, 2019 6:13 PM bongofury wrote: 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 Now I am curious when carved coconut monkeys first appeared in film and popular media. I wouldn't have expected to see them in a movie from 1957. Does anyone have earlier references? tikiskip wrote: Damn five pages on this little topic. This is clearly an important topic.

bongofury wrote:
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

Now I am curious when carved coconut monkeys first appeared in film and popular media. I wouldn't have expected to see them in a movie from 1957. Does anyone have earlier references?

tikiskip wrote:
Damn five pages on this little topic.

This is clearly an important topic.

Post #795414 by Scott McGerik on Wed, May 29, 2019 6:13 PM