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Antique Tiki Prints

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Zeta posted on 02/05/2009

Aloha Amigos! This is where I will show my collection of Antique Prints. I found them trough the years in old bookstores in Barcelona, Madrid, Morocco, Mexico and France... This are OLD. I guess there's not many prints like this in the U.S.A. since the country didn't even existed when the prints were created. They are extremely rare because most of them are in collections and libraries already so it's difficult to find them "in the wild" These were not cheap, but are worth every cent, they have so much detail that it's a pleasure to look at the lines, sadly, it's hard to appreciate it on a computer screen. Another great thing about antique prints is that you can scan them in high resolution and reprint them in any size and they don't loose their crispiness, don't get pixelated, blurry or anything like that. But most important, they are the first document of the clash between the two worlds, the cultural shock, "the civilized and the primitive" "the illustrated and the savage" The first impression of "the other" The birth of the modern... This are the images that started Polynesian pop and the fascination with the exotic. This is what the Avant garde artists like Gaugin, Picasso, Max Ernst etc, etc... saw that blew their minds and made them forget about representative art and start drawing from imagination... This is as Tiki as it gets. Enjoy! If you have some, please share!

Look at the Tiki (New Caledonia) smiling to the horror! Scary and beautiful!

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Zeta posted on 03/17/2009

1917 Spanish Magazine

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Zeta posted on 03/19/2009

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The detail is amazing.

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Zeta posted on 03/27/2009

Porcupine fish
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Hand colored...

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Zeta posted on 04/04/2009

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VampiressRN posted on 04/04/2009

Those are awesome...great collection. I just love drawings like that and the detail is amazing. Do you have them framed yet?

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Zeta posted on 04/08/2009

Mucho mahalo VampiressRN! and yes I have them framed... Also, I scanned and turned some into poster size... They look pretty tikirrific!

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Formikahini posted on 04/08/2009

Zeta!
These are WONderful!!! I want to see them all up close!

Thanks for sharing - give us more!
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Zeta posted on 04/09/2009

Mahalo Formikahini, I bet you could find and share some old prints yourself, just look in old books... Or in new books for reproductions.

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MrBaliHai posted on 04/12/2009

I scanned a number of old prints a while back and put them up in a gallery of Vintage Oceania on my weblog.

This Easter Island lithograph from an old issue of Harper's Weekly is my favorite:

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Zeta posted on 06/08/2009

Gracias Mr. BaliHai! That one is awesome! I bet Bigbrotiki knows who did that piece of art.
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What does tabu means? ...
Old print...

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Jeff Central posted on 06/08/2009

On 2009-02-05 09:01, Zeta wrote:

Looks like Crazy Al at the last Tiki Oasis!!! :D

Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff

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tikibars posted on 06/08/2009

That piece of art is a Moai Kava Kava from Easter Island, although I have never seen one with a skirt before. Artistic license, perhaps, to appease publishers in prudish times.

Great scans people, wonderful stuff, keep it coming!

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Zeta posted on 06/08/2009

Hola James, I bet you have some great scans too!

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Zeta posted on 01/22/2010

Found in Barcelona. Give away gift that came with cigars.
Shirley Temple
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Who signed that surf board? when? We need an expert...

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Beachbumz posted on 01/22/2010

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Here's a little bit of an article from a book, says it was back in 1935, not sure of the signature, probably
Duke Kahanamoku and others..
http://books.google.com/books?id=6J3UWvHckPUC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=shirley+temple+surfing&source=bl&ots=1BpFoPvu5e&sig=_PBdVM5ltABUtgy_AGuufQY-wXs&hl=en&ei=mxVZS-3NDpCCsgOyydzGBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCwQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=shirley%20temple%20surfing&f=false


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[ Edited by: Beachbumz 2010-01-21 19:21 ]

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Tiki Royale posted on 01/22/2010

Her board was presented to her and signed by the Waikiki Beach Patrol: John Makua, Sam Colgate, Dave Baptiste, Ted Waters, Chick Daniels, Curly Cornwall, Pua 'Ox' Kealoha, Sally Hale, Joe Minor.
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These guys were Beachboys. Serving as lifeguards, surf instructors, giving outrigger rides, etc.
Aloha,
:tiki:

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Zeta posted on 02/08/2010

Mucho mahalo Beachbumz and Tiki Royale!

Hawaiian feather mask
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biutiful!

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Zeta posted on 03/25/2010

Burn Tiki Burn!
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