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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 541862, member: 45&quot;]I just might add, &quot;tiki masks&quot; are a type of modern cross-cultural souvenir, with no tribal or cultural connections.&nbsp; They can be carved in Fiji, Hawaii, Indonesia, Africa, or the Caribbean...but all are fantasy creations, despite the numerous claims on line about their origin in some ancient Polynesian cultures.</p><p><br /></p><p>Polynesian cultures never had a masking tradition.&nbsp; The did wood carvings, and statues (which in recent times evolved into the souvenir Tiki carvings, which in turn has led to the creation of Tiki masks) but there are no documented examples of historic wooden masks in Polynesian cultures, and no evidence that any Polynesians ever carved masks, prior to foreign contacts, and the resulting tourist trade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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