WHEN and WHERE did Melanesian art enter Polynesian Pop? - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:32 AM Great info, thank you Rob. Funny how small the Mai Kai seems compared to its "backstage". An how simple the Surf Bar was. It'll be hard to peg the changes in decor without eyewitnesses (the Thorntons, George Nakashima, etc), but it seems because of Barney West there was some early PNG stuff present. He definitely used that 1946 Arts of the South Seas book, after all the cover became his logo (see BOT). But most of it seems to have appeared AFTER the 50s. I wonder if Will Plugger has had any indication of when those molds were made. Maybe Oceanic Arts has dated records of items ordered.

Great info, thank you Rob. Funny how small the Mai Kai seems compared to its "backstage". An how simple the Surf Bar was.

It'll be hard to peg the changes in decor without eyewitnesses (the Thorntons, George Nakashima, etc), but it seems because of Barney West there was some early PNG stuff present. He definitely used that 1946 Arts of the South Seas book, after all the cover became his logo (see BOT). But most of it seems to have appeared AFTER the 50s. I wonder if Will Plugger has had any indication of when those molds were made. Maybe Oceanic Arts has dated records of items ordered.

Post #511616 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:32 AM