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Collecting Tiki



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Tiki is a representation of ancient hawaiin gods that is skillfully carved in stone or wood. Sometimes too tiny to be worn as an amulet or too large that it could tower over a human being.


There is that familiar grimace and big elliptical snarling mouth that is believed to drive away evil. They were mostly seen scattered around the temples at that time.


During the cruise ship era in the 1930’s when people began visiting Hawaii, they brought souvenirs from their trip in the tropical islands and tikis were one of them. Tikis became popular in mainland U.S. thus creating a popular culture or suburban art movement called Polynesian Pop.


Soon after, tiki themed bars, motels and bowling alleys spread like wildfire across the America. For the people, it represented a frame of mind that is laid back, relaxed, fun and all the taste of the tropics. It was sort of escapism from the harsh realities of life.


But until in the 1970’s the trend fizzled out. Tiki bars and restaurants closed down. There were a multitude of things related to tiki that is sold like tiki matchbooks, mugs napkins, unkillable palm fronds etc.


Lately the second wave of popularity of the tiki is once again here. There’s a certain nostalgia of that time which is dubbed as the lounge and swizzle sticks era. So if there’s a need for certain things there are consequently a market for it.

There are abundant supplies for tikis and all its related memorabilia that are sold whether original or reproduction. Tikinews.com and tikifarm.com provide a place for ‘tikiphiles’ to hangout and browse about their collection.


There are certain conventions as well for tikiphiles where they can don their garish hawaiin shirts, exchange recipes of their favorite tropical drinks and dance the hula all night long and just feel the ‘ambience’ of the tropics and just soak it up.


If you want to start tiki collecting make sure the mugs do have sharp details and collect from the bars and restaurants that are no longer in business and look at the manufacturer legend at the bottom of the mugs.

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