Oh if you like Kona Paka, you’ll adore the dedicated coffee range...Bugger me, I thought the Kona Paka looked exciting, but now I discover a whole branch into a coffee RANGE no less!!!!!
By the way, I really love the Celtic/Viking design influences here. Beautiful.
thanks!Bugger me, I thought the Kona Paka looked exciting, but now I discover a whole branch into a coffee RANGE no less!!!!!
By the way, I really love the Celtic/Viking design influences here. Beautiful.
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Thank you - I guess being an antiques dealer in the UK means I see a lot of Celtic/Viking influences, and very few Polynesian! I Googled Kona and Paka - so I had got some of the way there!thanks!
there references in design here though are totally multi cultural (there is as yet no celtic/viking! - though I understand why you think their might be
The axe on Tamahaac is a Tomahawk (tamahaac is another spelling/pronounciaton of tomahawk)
The toothed weapon on Kona Paka is a Leimano (a hawaiian shark toothed axe like club - and indeed Kona is hawaiian coffee and Paka is Hawaiian for tobacco ... as a side note Ganja in Hawaii is called "Paka Loco")
the dual Axes on ParaXu are Parashu's (which is how we pronounce ParaXu) - a sanskrit word for an indian battle axe.
the general background is Polynesian artwork
tho from the segment you can see .. it does kind of look a bit celtic
There are definite similarities - which I’m sure would warrant some good pre history research at some point.Thank you - I guess being an antiques dealer in the UK means I see a lot of Celtic/Viking influences, and very few Polynesian! I Googled Kona and Paka - so I had got some of the way there!
The designs also made me think of Beorn's house in The Hobbit films, which are mostly based on Viking .... hence ..........
I followed that trail - interesting. As you say, no obvious link.
Yep probably .. possibly got something to do with repeat patterns being the first thing people played around with and stuff like that ...I followed that trail - interesting. As you say, no obvious link.
Just a thought - I wonder if it's as simple as the fact that (what we in the West call) ethnographic, tribal or primitive art tends to be based on or inspired by the natural world around them, and made the hard way with hand tools, in the same way that Viking and Celtic designs were? Go back far enough, and apparently we all came from the same place anyway!
I followed that trail - interesting. As you say, no obvious link.
Just a thought - I wonder if it's as simple as the fact that (what we in the West call) ethnographic, tribal or primitive art tends to be based on or inspired by the natural world around them, and made the hard way with hand tools, in the same way that Viking and Celtic designs were? Go back far enough, and apparently we all came from the same place anyway!
