Tiki Centralite Honored, Academia nods to Poly Kitch - General 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 22, 2004 2:19 AM A fascinating set of pics, Al. You managed to get a real feel for the place! Congrats to Holden too. There aren't many living people that can say that what they have created lies in a museum! Just a couple of points - The other similar Ku figures are at the Peabody Museum in Salem Mass (So Mass residents can have a day of witches and Tiki) and at the British Museum in London (which also has a moai from Easter Island). The British Museum is very slow in getting it's Polynesian collection back on show, so Ku has been out of sight for far too long. I was also a little surprised to see the white pants that the figures were wearing. Is this an example of 21st century puritanism, or did these figures ever wear these rather absurd garments? Trader Woody

A fascinating set of pics, Al. You managed to get a real feel for the place! Congrats to Holden too. There aren't many living people that can say that what they have created lies in a museum!

Just a couple of points - The other similar Ku figures are at the Peabody Museum in Salem Mass (So Mass residents can have a day of witches and Tiki) and at the British Museum in London (which also has a moai from Easter Island). The British Museum is very slow in getting it's Polynesian collection back on show, so Ku has been out of sight for far too long.

I was also a little surprised to see the white pants that the figures were wearing. Is this an example of 21st century puritanism, or did these figures ever wear these rather absurd garments?

Trader Woody

Post #87565 by Trader Woody on Thu, Apr 22, 2004 2:19 AM