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Tiki Signs to Match your Tiki Bar!

The first tiki bar sign that features cocktails on either side is tastefully hand painted using the vintage painting approach. This tiki sign, and the tiki bar sign that features palm trees, would look great with any design or color of tiki bar. The driftwood tiki bar sign and the shark attack tiki bar sign would look best with a darker bamboo tiki bar. And obviously, the bamboo tiki bar sign would look best with a natural bamboo tiki sign.

Surfing Tikis Vs. Surfing Monkey By Tikimaster! Which One Is It Baby?

Tikimaster.com has been sponsoring surfing Tikis and surfing monkeys for a while now. Some said, they were seen behind the Mokes in a secret spot.

We’ve seen it all! But have you seen a Tiki Kuka Ilimoku shredding some serious waves at Pipeline, Oahu’s Northshore? Or even better, have you seen a surfing monkey hanging loose on its longboard?

Learn more about Hawaiian Tikis by visiting Tikimaster.com‘s learning center!

For more information on how to become a sponsor of the one and only surfing contest with Monkeys and Tikis, please call us! Serious inquiries only.
Aloha,
Pulotu

A Fond Aloha to 2 Tiki Family Members!

Paul helped on buying trips to scout out the hottest tiki totems, tiki masks, and everything else tiki that you could possibly imagine. He also was the inventor tiki repair, and was the master stainer when it came to taking care of our dear tikis. Paul didn’t stop there, in his spare time he worked hard to optimize tikimaster.com like a pro.

We would like to wish a fond farewell and a bon voyage with tons of tiki aloha to Paul and Annick. Not only were these two terrific tikis invaluable partners for tikimaster.com, but they were also beloved grandparents and parents! Paul and Annick spent almost three years in Hawaii helping tikimaster.com to become the best tiki site on the web!

Annick was the master packager at tikimaster.com! She made sure that all of our cool tikis arrived to their new homes in perfect condition. We had a joke around the warehouse that she was the “machine”! No one could ever move as fast as Annick and not make any mistakes! Annick was also responsible for feeding all of the hungry tikis and keeping everything neat and tiddy.

Tikimaster.com won’t be the same without these two cool tikis, but we know that they will enjoy their retirement in Honfleur, France. We think tiki totems and tiki masks will look great in their new, giant yard, and to make sure we’ll be bringing them the coolest tikis around very soon!

From all of us at tikimaster.com – Aloha and Mahalo for all of your hard work with the tikis! You’ll be missed!

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Tiki History For all Tiki Lovers

Hawaiian Statehood further drove interest in the tiki phenonmenon and Americans fell in love with their romanticized version of an exotic tiki culture. Polynesian design began to infuse every aspect of the country’s visual aesthetic, from home accessories to architecture, thus, tikis are just as popular today.

Tikimaster.com would like to share a bit of tiki history with all of its tiki lovers!

Tiki culture refers to a mid-20th-century theme used in Polynesian-style restaurants and clubs originally in the United States and then, to a lesser degree, around the world. The connection to Tiki, a character in the mythology of portions of the South Pacific, is tenuous at best, but tikis are still crazy popular! Tiki culture in the United States began in 1934 with the opening of Don the Beachcomber, a Polynesian-themed tiki bar and restaurant in Hollywood. The proprietor was Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt, a young man from Louisiana who had sailed throughout the South Pacific; later he legally changed his name to Donn Beach. His tiki restaurant featured Cantonese cuisine and exotic rum punches, with a decor of flaming torches, rattan furniture, flower leis, brightly colored fabrics and tiki decor. Three years later, Victor Bergeron, better known as Trader Vic, adopted a Tiki theme for his restaurant in Oakland, which eventually grew to become a worldwide chain featuring tiki mugs.

For all of your tiki needs and to learn more about all kinds of tiki, tiki masks, and tiki decor, visit the worlds greatest tiki website, tikimaster.com.

Tikis: Madam Pele, Queen of Fire Tiki – Tiki Decor

Tikimaster.com‘s newest and coolest tiki is on fire!! This Madam Pele tiki will bring warmth to your home and is a great gift. Here’s a little information about the Queen of Fire Tiki; Madam Pele.

She was the daughter of the Earth Goddess Haumea and dwells in the Kilauea volcano. This wild and fiery goddess is widely venerated in Hawaii and other parts of Polynesia. When eruptions threaten towns it is thought that Pele is angry. Her volcanoes are both destroyers and creators of the earth, since her flowing lava makes new land. Pele’s husband, the Pig God Kamapua’a, is the inventor of agriculture. Notice the spouting “lava crest” of her comb headdress. Tikimaster‘s version of Madam Pele was adapted from the 19th century carved wood image, which resides in the Museum of Man, in Paris, France.

Madam Pele grants good luck if you respect her wishes which is to respect the land. It is believed that if you take a piece of lava rock from one of the Hawaiian volcanoes, Pele will put a curse on you until you return the lava.

If you feel like you’ve been cursed by Madam Pele, we atTikimaster.com will give you 10% off of this beautiful tiki to wish you good luck!!Also check out this incredible story board which depicts the Hawaiianmyth of Madam Pele!

Tiki Masks *** Tiki Decors Finest Accessory***

The newest trend in decorating with tiki masks, is adding lighting  Tiki masks are all the rage at tikimaster.com when it comes to tiki decor!! Spice up an tiki themed room with a unique, hand carved tiki mask!

The lighting can be behind the tiki masks to make the tiki‘s eyes and mouth glow. Or try adding track lighting above the tiki mask for a dramatic affect. You can also put sconce lighting on each side of the tiki mask to make it look brighter. Try placing two tiki masks on either side of a door for a tiki welcoming. It is said on the Hawaiian Islands that tikis are protectors; so this design element will also keep you safe!

Tiki masks range in price from $9.90 for a small 8 inch tiki mask – $290 for a 2.5 foot tiki mask!

However you choose to use your tiki mask, you won’t go wrong with a tiki mask from tikimaster.com.

For more information, please visit Tikimaster.com on the Web or in Hawaii!

Tiki Culture – Modern Tikis Vs. Traditional Tikis? Tikimaster.com Has The Answer!

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Art and religion, past and present combine in the Polynesian figure of the Tiki.

Modern Tikis: Have you figured out where you fit yet? This Tiki Blog will be mainly to go over the modern Tikis and tomorrow we will focus more on traditional Tikis of Hawaii.
Now that the Tiki trend is coming back greatly, we are seeing more and more modern Tikis.

If you love the Island Lifestyle, Tiki, Hawaiiana, Polynesian Pop Culture or swaying palm trees, this is the place for you.

Even if you’re far away from the islands or coastline. TikiStory.com will bring the islands to you and provide the escape you need to get you through the day.

It is a stone or wood carving in simplified human shape, sometimes small enough to be worn as an ornament, sometimes so large, they could tower over a human.

Believed to have originated in the Marquesas Islands and spreading throughout Polynesia, the typical tiki is a powerful figure with hands clasped over its stomach, a large flat nose, round eyes, and a large, gaping mouth, usually bearing teeth.

By Polynesians, Tiki is said to be the ancestor and creator of humans or, if you will, First Man. Contemporary tiki has evolved and left its religious history behind, and today leans more toward artistic impression. The artist or carver renders his or her own impression of tiki into wood, metal, stone, canvas, or whatever medium they care to use, and we, happy tiki folk, can’t get enough.

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