Post #805411 by ka'lenatiki on Wed, Sep 7, 2022 1:38 PM

I think that this subject is along the lines that you see in many "collectors" circles. For instance, what is a classic car? to many here it might be 30-50's. to me my 1966 mustang. to someone else a 1980' honda. For the folks that started or lived in the classic time of tiki, it will always mean one thing. for the majority of us, its about say 75% of that thing.

My own bar has changed alot as I've collected. I only really started about 25 years ago just before the cusp of the mass auction web sites started eating most things up. Do I have some Geeki Tiki mugs hiding around? Sure, but they are not in the bar. i do have one or two african masks on display, but they are not the elephant or lion adorned style and very lowkey. And while I have a ton of pirate stuff again its not IN the bar. I took the time to ask questions and look at what was being taught here at tiki central. I've proudly had a chat or two with sven about certain things and always found his knowledge of history welcome.

Does that mean the guy who shows up with his rainbow tiki mask, old ratan chair and cheap drink mixs be the new norm......... no. And it does dominate pages like FB. All we can do here is to teach and learn and protect the history of where tiki came from and how it got here today.