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For me, this is where the Tiki culture began...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiwanaku
10,000 years ago or so.
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Is this face familiar to you? Where have we seen it before? jeje...
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I will give you a hint: Viracocha
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Papeleria Kon Tiki in Spain
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They probably changed the logo (it has no sun rays on his forehead) for fear of the copyright Tabu.
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Vintage Kon Tiki mug
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A perfect example of the famous tiki transmission tradition.
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Another example from the Tropics in Ohio: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=29368&forum=2&24
On 2010-01-09 12:53, crushenstein wrote:
alright,
here is the tiki from the mug:
![](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/crushenstein/scan0001.jpg)
and here is the one from the menu:
![](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/crushenstein/tropicsmenu.jpg)
i think they look REALLY close! let me know what you think.
On 2010-01-09 14:40, bigbrotiki wrote:
Most definitely the same, it's just that the glass one is a negative, which makes it confusing.
Here's the mug it is based on:
![](/resize.php/uploads/35/4b49037e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b93c36aa98c9dc37102d20e9af445a0f)
...and here the icon the mug was derived from, much altered, obviously to avoid copyright issues:
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and last the humble stone statue that that famous logo was inspired by:
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Behold...
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TIWANAKU!!!
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From "Zeta's International Marketplace"
On 2009-12-24 10:40, Zeta wrote:
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Vintage Spanish minibook with some tikis.
Trade or sell
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BRROOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! ChRaSh!!!! THUNDERS!!!!!
The strange "Bennett monolith" from Tihuanaco.
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Discovered at Tiwanaku in 1932 by Wendell C. Bennett.
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