An aestheticthat emerged between, and after, the World Wars as Americans adapted Polynesian and Asian cultures into an exoticized motif. Fueled by popular culture and appropriated symbolism, tikiarchitecture romanticized tropical life-styles – especially after Hawaii gained statehood in 1959. Totems, carved wooden statues, lavarocks, steeply pitchedA-frame, or thatched grass roofs, and flaming torches can be seen in abundance. (Lubbell, 2018)
