Rock a' Tiki
Check out this nifty Tiki Central thread on tiki imagery in rock and burlesque posters.
[Link: Tiki Rock Poster Eye Candy Gallery, pg. 2, pg. 3]
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July 9, 2006
July 6, 2006
Oceanic Art Overdose
I was fortunate enough to view a small portion of the Musée du Quai Branly's huge collection of masks, tikis, moais, and other Objets d'Oceanic Art, like the very creepy skull reliquary pictured above, when I visited the Louvre 3 years ago. The Musée's catalogue is indexed and viewable on their website, checking in at a staggering 300,000 objects.
Their search engine is in French only, so if vous ne parlez pas français, you may have to experiment a bit to figure out how to use it, but believe me, it's worth it. I suggest entering "Oceania" in the search box, then clicking on Lancer la recherche to get started.
[Link: Musée du Quai Branly][via Ramage]
July 5, 2006
Biggles Forgets the Safeword
Please enjoy this gallery of cover and inside illustrations from the complete first-edition series of Biggles books, but remember, don't refer to him as Señor Biggles, he's not a Spanish person.
[Link: The Biggles Information Web Site][via elcg]