New Guinea buying trip for Hale Tiki - Collecting Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Thu, Apr 1, 2004 1:41 AM It's an interesting argument, and in a way both sides are right. PNG items ARE an integral part of a good Tiki bar, just like glass floats, netting and the like. However, if you had a bar stocked purely with PNG items, it would be an incredible-looking bar, but not really a Tiki bar. If you stocked your bar with purely Polynesian decor, it would most definitely be considered a Tiki bar. Personally, my ideal Tiki bar would have stuff from all over Oceana, both new and old - Maori, PNG, most certainly Polynesian, as well as mugs and decor from Tiki bars around the world. Add the usual floats, nautical crap, and other weird junk that fits and you've got a bar of interest and depth. Trader Woody

It's an interesting argument, and in a way both sides are right. PNG items ARE an integral part of a good Tiki bar, just like glass floats, netting and the like. However, if you had a bar stocked purely with PNG items, it would be an incredible-looking bar, but not really a Tiki bar. If you stocked your bar with purely Polynesian decor, it would most definitely be considered a Tiki bar.

Personally, my ideal Tiki bar would have stuff from all over Oceana, both new and old - Maori, PNG, most certainly Polynesian, as well as mugs and decor from Tiki bars around the world. Add the usual floats, nautical crap, and other weird junk that fits and you've got a bar of interest and depth.

Trader Woody

Post #83960 by Trader Woody on Thu, Apr 1, 2004 1:41 AM