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TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Sun, Jan 26, 2020 9:51 PM Aloha Tiki Tribe! "Ka-Koa and the Talking Spear" Original Drawing by Brad "Tiki-Shark" Parker pencil and charcoal on heavy paper, 8.5" x 11" original art for sale at http://www.tikishark.com This drawing is inspired by the Hawaiian Myth of "The Magic Talking Spear". The Magic Talking Spear & the prince who welded it against a sinister sea-monster, The Myth of “The Magic Talking Spear”. The Spear talks to who’s welding it, telling them how to win in battle. A chief’s son, Ka-ui-lani, inherits the talking spear and uses it in several adventures to help his father and save his people. Ka-ui-lani welds the spear in a battle against a giant sea-kupua ( monster ) from beneath the waves that has been harassing his father’s village. It’s beaten his father soundly and chased the people up-land away from the ocean. The spear tells Ka-ui-lani how to out-wit & defeat the fishy beast from beneath the waves - the Sea-Kupua. Ka-ui-lani is taught by the magic weapon to carve several life-sized Hawaiian soldiers / warriors (known in Hawaiian as: ka-koa) made of a special wood (acacia koa). The supernatural weapon uses more magic to bring the wooden Hawaiian soldiers (the Ka-Koa,) to life... just like animated skeletons in a Ray Harryhausen movie! After that, the Prince, the talking spear, and the Ka-Koa wait for the right moment to confront the monstrous sea-kupua. The Talking Spear directs the prince and the Ka-Koa in a battle against the slippery sea-kupua. The magic Spear tells the prince and the wooded warriors to synchronize their attacks. The ocean creature is a huge fish-thing that can create enormous waves, and breathes like a huge bellows creating gigantic steam clouds an& sea-mist. The monster is as smart as any human &has the power of speach. The prince taunts the fierce-fish-beast until it is enraged. The talking spear whispers to the prince how to escape the clutches of the sea-kupua every time it attacks him. Overcome with anger, the beast makes a mistake in battle. It's soon trapped in a shallow water lagoon by the Ka Koa / soldiers. Together with the prince and his magic weapon, they defeat it. These “life-sized wooden images of warriors” that come to life, I wonder if they ARE, or if they somehow relate to TIKIS. I’ve heard that most tikis stand in the “wrestler’s pose”, to appear more threatening. Seems natural for carved wooden Hawaiian soldiers to look much the same as many Tikis. Yet we may never know for sure, as these mysteries are lost in space and time as ancient cultures fade & disappear as quickly as "Don the Beach Comber Restaurants n' Tiki Bars". Anyways, this marvelous myth made for great reading & much inspiration for making ART. ALOHA! [ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2020-01-27 22:20 ]

Aloha Tiki Tribe!

"Ka-Koa and the Talking Spear"
Original Drawing by Brad "Tiki-Shark" Parker
pencil and charcoal on heavy paper, 8.5" x 11"

original art for sale at http://www.tikishark.com

This drawing is inspired by the Hawaiian Myth of "The Magic Talking Spear".

The Magic Talking Spear & the prince who welded it against a sinister sea-monster,

The Myth of “The Magic Talking Spear”.
The Spear talks to who’s welding it, telling them how to win in battle.
A chief’s son, Ka-ui-lani, inherits the talking spear and uses it in several adventures to help his father and save his people.

Ka-ui-lani welds the spear in a battle against a giant sea-kupua ( monster ) from beneath the waves that has been harassing his father’s village.
It’s beaten his father soundly and chased the people up-land away from the ocean.

The spear tells Ka-ui-lani how to out-wit & defeat the fishy beast from beneath the waves - the Sea-Kupua.

Ka-ui-lani is taught by the magic weapon to carve several life-sized Hawaiian soldiers / warriors (known in Hawaiian as: ka-koa) made of a special wood (acacia koa). The supernatural weapon uses more magic to bring the wooden Hawaiian soldiers (the Ka-Koa,) to life... just like animated skeletons in a Ray Harryhausen movie!

After that, the Prince, the talking spear, and the Ka-Koa wait for the right moment to confront the monstrous sea-kupua. The Talking Spear directs the prince and the Ka-Koa in a battle against the slippery sea-kupua. The magic Spear tells the prince and the wooded warriors to synchronize their attacks.

The ocean creature is a huge fish-thing that can create enormous waves, and breathes like a huge bellows creating gigantic steam clouds an& sea-mist.
The monster is as smart as any human &has the power of speach. The prince taunts the fierce-fish-beast until it is enraged. The talking spear whispers to the prince how to escape the clutches of the sea-kupua every time it attacks him.

Overcome with anger, the beast makes a mistake in battle.

It's soon trapped in a shallow water lagoon by the Ka Koa / soldiers. Together with the prince and his magic weapon, they defeat it.

These “life-sized wooden images of warriors” that come to life, I wonder if they ARE, or if they somehow relate to TIKIS.
I’ve heard that most tikis stand in the “wrestler’s pose”, to appear more threatening. Seems natural for carved wooden Hawaiian soldiers to look much the same as many Tikis. Yet we may never know for sure, as these mysteries are lost in space and time as ancient cultures fade & disappear as quickly as "Don the Beach Comber Restaurants n' Tiki Bars".

Anyways, this marvelous myth made for great reading & much inspiration for making ART.

ALOHA!

[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2020-01-27 22:20 ]

Post #800295 by Tiki Shark Art on Sun, Jan 26, 2020 9:51 PM