Post #388100 by Limbo Lizard on Thu, Jun 19, 2008 8:36 AM

In another thread, "Did ancient Polynesians visit California?", discussing possible contact between Polynesians and California, Kona posted a link to the Canadian Connection, which posits theories of Hawaiians coming from the NW Pacific Coast, originally. That would explain similarities in tiki and totem styles - the two diverged from a common ancient source. So, if your tiki carvings are taking on stylistic elements of NW Coastal totems, maybe you're just reaching back and drawing inspiration from even more ancient and original proto-Polynesian source material. :)