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Jul 6, 2012 11:29 PM CST

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Name: Jackie
(Zone 9b)

I have seen several palm trees carves like this and wondered if any one know the story of these carved palm trees?

| @allgr8dogs | Post #282986 (1)

Jul 7, 2012 9:43 AM CST

Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)

Tikis are were carvings of Polynesian gods. Here are a couple of articles.

This an article about the Hawaiian Tiki gods.
http://www.mythichawaii.com/ti...

Here is an article about the spread and popularity of tikis.
http://www.questiki.com/Tiki-C...

wildflowersoftexas.com

| @Horntoad | Post #283056 (2)

Jul 8, 2012 8:13 AM CST

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Name: Jackie
(Zone 9b)

These are interesting articles - thanks!

| @allgr8dogs | Post #283454 (3)

Jul 14, 2012 3:44 AM CST

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Name: Vicki
North Carolina

Thank you for the info Jay - I had no idea!

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