I love Polynesian pop, flickr is a great resource to find great pictures of tiki and Maoi statuary, mugs and all things idolatrous. You’ll find both the sacred and the profane, and being an equal opportunity idolator I love it all. Here is a curated list of 25 great Polynesian pop idols.

Tiki

Tiki Tiki

Lone Tiki Torch Palm Springs

Moai

tIKI MUGS 013

Caliente Tropics (originally "The Tropics," 1964)

Mr. Tiki

La Mariana Sailing Club

Tiki room

Don the Beachcomber

Diga Diga Doo 2009

La Mariana Sailing Club

Tiki Item 18

Thrift store score!

tiki

Kahiki Restaurant matchbook

CheekyTiki's "Britiki"

{4} Coco Joe's Lava MOAI ~ Evening sun

Soré Tiki

Trader Vics S&P Shakers

MIEHANA - God of the Orange Grove - Mug and Cocktail

Fresno, Luau rooftop sign

Disneyland, Adventureland Tiki Room

East Coast Tiki Revival 2006

Maoi

If you’ve gotten this far in the post I thought I’d give you a final bonus, a final tiki image, this one is my own, sadly. One of my tiki’s fell from my desk. The twilight of the idols!

The Fall of the Idols

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