Post #705865 by tiki mick on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 11:16 AM

I happen to agree with Sven on all of this. If it is "tiki" and it is found in Hawaii, it was probably imported there from the mainland....

Hawaii has a lot of Polynesian artifacts....but they are more religious, and historical....too authentic to be "tiki" (tiki as a poly pop phenomena)

I am really into research about the northwestern Hawaiian islands...the OTHER Hawaii..

and to use Nihoa as an example...there were many stone idols found there...but it is not "tiki".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihoa

and from necker island:

The real Polynesia is very far removed from "Tiki" as can be. Tiki, as we know it, is almost a cartoon, Hollywood version of Polynesian culture.....now, that does not stop me from thinking the coco palms was one of the coolest hotels in Hawaii! (Maybe the Hanalei plantation was better) or even stopping me from loving Turtle Bay! Tiki is very narrowly defined by Sven in his book...too narrow for some people...but I totally buy into his explanation. I do think, however, the two sides can mix...my own band is living proof of that...we are both tiki and Hawaiian.....to cite one example....but I would say Martin Denny is more tiki then us! :)

[ Edited by: lucas vigor 2014-01-27 11:21 ]