Where is the Origin of the First Tiki? - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Feb 20, 2004 1:53 PM Well, I don't know if that settles it, it is just a deduction from facts...if I would dig in my Oceanic Art library and compare relics and carbon dates, I probably would come up with some globby, very primitive anthropomorphic stone effigy that could be considered the first Tiki. But the Tikis that matter are those that were the highpoint of each specific island culture, after centuries of evolving the art. The first Tiki mug was not a Don Beach, because just like Trader Vic he started his business in the pre-Tiki period, and both did not serve cocktails in Tiki mugs. They manufactured the Suffering Bastard and the Don portrait mug MUCH later. Even Steve Crane did NOT have a Tiki mug at The Luau, just the Salt an Pepper shakers, his War God did not appear until the Kon Tikis were opened. Vic had the Tiki bowl, but that still cannot be considered a Tiki mug, meaning a mug that uses the natural tree trunk form of a Tiki to form a ceramic cocktail container. Perhaps it was Tiki Bob who did that first... Will we ever know? [ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2004-02-20 14:00 ]

Well, I don't know if that settles it, it is just a deduction from facts...if I would dig in my Oceanic Art library and compare relics and carbon dates, I probably would come up with some globby, very primitive anthropomorphic stone effigy that could be considered the first Tiki.

But the Tikis that matter are those that were the highpoint of each specific island culture, after centuries of evolving the art.

The first Tiki mug was not a Don Beach, because just like Trader Vic he started his business in the pre-Tiki period, and both did not serve cocktails in Tiki mugs.

They manufactured the Suffering Bastard and the Don portrait mug MUCH later. Even Steve Crane did NOT have a Tiki mug at The Luau, just the Salt an Pepper shakers, his War God did not appear until the Kon Tikis were opened. Vic had the Tiki bowl, but that still cannot be considered a Tiki mug, meaning a mug that uses the natural tree trunk form of a Tiki to form a ceramic cocktail container.
Perhaps it was Tiki Bob who did that first...
Will we ever know?

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2004-02-20 14:00 ]

Post #77090 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Feb 20, 2004 1:53 PM