Tiki Central / Collecting Tiki
Tiki or not Tiki
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02/24/2009
OR start a thread on POP PRIMITIVISM, which incorporates American Indian, Pre-Columbian and African decor concepts. Below is a 1965 L.A. Times article excerpt about a house tour which proves how these styles were en vogue and co-existed all at the same time from the lat 50s to the 60s (and must have been mixed somtimes too)--as I pointed out in Tiki Modern: Mahalo to Nichols for this find. :) |
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Zeta
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02/24/2009
... Sounds like a nice crib! Like living in a Museum. Melting pot of cultures and all that. It is interesting that the pinnacle of Modernism, Classic Americana, hey day of capitalism,(1945 end of world war II) is also the beginning of Post modernism, the decline in many aspects, quality, "values" etc... Where everything goes... If you ask me, all those different Idols did it. It is Tiki's fault. Happened before with every empire, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mexico, Spain... All the exterior influence is great and make the empire grow stronger, until It ends up diluting the local culture... Pre-classic, Classic, Post-classic... Happened before, is happening now and will happen again, If the world doesn't end soon, that is. Now we are living in late post-modernism... Ramones and the Sex Pistols started it... Or at least that is my theory... |
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Mister Naufrago
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02/24/2009
I found this in a flea market. I wouldn’t say that it´s Tiki. I bought it mainly because I feel an almost irresitible attraction for ugly things with big earrings (for further details ask my psichoanalist), so I couldn´t help to spend a couple of € on it. The seller told me that it had attached some photos of what seems to be the previous owner´s trip to Hawaii. [ Edited by: Mister Naufrago 2009-02-24 13:16 ] |
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02/25/2009
You are absolutely right: |
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OceaOtica
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02/25/2009
i saw that wood piece above and instantly thought of the OMC earing mug used buy the Islander and the Tonga Room. The shape, and obviously the earrings are reminiscent. Can not say i know the origins of the design of that OMC mug though. |
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Zeta
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02/25/2009
Sublime piece of horrible crap you got there Mister Naufrago! I wonder how much the seller PAID YOU for taking it away. Oh, Mister Naufrago, you have such a refined and twisted taste! |
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Mister Naufrago
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02/25/2009
Well it´s more than an ugly thing with big earrings. Giving it a second thought, that it probably doesn´t deserve, I found some similarities with this: |
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Mister Naufrago
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02/25/2009
OceaOtica, suppose you are talking about the spanish earing mug used by the Bali Hai in Madrid. :wink: I found he/she pretty. :) |
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SilverLine
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02/25/2009
Here's one I'm scratching my head over. The materials look PNG-ish but the expression is not what I'd expect. It's all done on a tortoise/turtle shell. |
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OceaOtica
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02/25/2009
Mister Naufrago the mug you have pictured is the OMC South Seas Deity mug, used at a few locales. I was referring to the mug in this link:http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=157, not identical, just exhibiting some interesting similarities, and a similar questionable cultural heritage. |
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Mai Tai
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02/26/2009
Here's one from Tikicleen's collection - she has a great collection of Stockton Islander stuff. |
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TIKI DAVID
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02/26/2009
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Mister Naufrago
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02/26/2009
Any Cuban TCer out there? |
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02/27/2009
Mister N., why fret? Now that we created a place for it, this simply belongs to this genre: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=31441&forum=1&20 |
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Mister Naufrago
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03/01/2009
Do I seem worried? I am just a newbie to TC, you know, and still find this forum thing too fast to follow. |
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Tiki-Kate
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03/04/2009
I picked this shirt up last year at a thrift store near the Hanalei. They seem a little boxy which makes me think Latin America, but one of them is doing that ooooo thing that tikis often do. Hmm... |
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bigbrotiki
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03/04/2009
I think it is a case of This-is-supposed-to-be-Tiki and the artist not knowing better. The hands are very Tiki, too, but the head-to-body proportions are wrong. |
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Kikkietiki
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03/12/2009
My neighbor brought me this pair of ceramic figurines. They are too small and light to be bookends and a little large for salt and pepper shakers (no holes either). Anyone have any ideas? They look cool and tiki-ish when they are with my tiki collection. They have no markings. |
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03/12/2009
I'd say TIKI 100% . They are Easter Island Moai. A bit stylized in design though. Not sure what they were made for. Maybe a tourist piece. Good find. "Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann [ Edited by: uncle trav 2009-03-12 04:30 ] |
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03/16/2009
So I was checking out craigslist today and.... http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/clt/1077021102.html I think someone should invite the poster over to tiki central... aloha |
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Kikkietiki
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03/16/2009
That is hilarious Beachbumz! Thanks, Uncle Trav, for the input on my earlier post! |
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Psycho Tiki D
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03/16/2009
Tiki or not tiki?
Thanks, PTD |
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Coco Joe
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03/18/2009
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Mister Naufrago
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03/20/2009
Probably African (the braids), but a certain Marquesan vibe I would say. |
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tikipaka
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03/20/2009
It's definitely Soul LP |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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03/20/2009
Wishful thinking? I'm just not feeling the vibe... Buzzy Out! |
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tikigik
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06/17/2009
I'd have that looked at. Looks infected to me. |
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Atomic Cocktail
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08/28/2010
Tiki! Says so right on the packaging. |
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tikicoma
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04/25/2011
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bigbrotiki
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04/25/2011
Tiki yes, but "fake" Tiki: I peg this to be a Poly-Asian carving of very recent vintage. But it also reminds me of the Cannibal "mistake" Tikis that O.A. used to make: |
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tikicoma
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01/31/2017
I got this as a gift and what do you think... tiki or not tiki? The woods been stained and the back is slightly hollowed out in one spot, no marks. Well what do you think? The body and head look tiki but the headdress(?) has me going back and forth between Latin American and tiki. |
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hiltiki
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01/31/2017
Not tiki. |
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nui 'umi 'umi
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02/01/2017
My wife and I share the opinion that your nice piece is not tiki. I’d display it in my tiki space. |
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Teadoir
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02/08/2017
Tikicoma, that looks South American to me |
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Aloha pinball
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01/20/2018
I think this thread is the best location for this find. Although I know what it "is" it seems perhaps to be something more. And while it isn't a Tiki, it might have the spirit of "tiki". Earlier this afternoon we came across this bust in a consignment shop. It immediately caught my eye and my wife insisted I buy it. I have seen more of the Lepanto Craft Phillipines "monkeypod" or phillipine walnut carvings of a young lady than I can count but Ive never seen this one before. It is much more stylized with a long neck and the head turned up at a nigh unnatural angle. Almost abstract when viewed from the front: But when viewed from below or straight on it seems perhaps to take on another form altogether: I'm pretty sure this is intentional, and these are rare for a reason. In any case as Sven explained in the Book of Tiki, (pg. 22) "tiki" can also mean penis, so while this isn't "Tiki" it is certainly MCM Polynesian pop. And it sure looks like a TIKI to me. |
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tikitube
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01/22/2018
LoL, so it's...Diki? |
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Or Got Rum?
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01/22/2018
Ironic that it's erected in front of a velvet nude. :o |