The Islanders


The Islanders were an imaginative cultural fusion . They looked African ,( of course I am aware that they were African-Americans), but their huts resembled traditional Polynesian designs, as indeed did the canoe in which they kidnapped Ann .




Gordon P. Clarkson

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I agree, especially where Skull Island is rough situated, somewhere in the South Asian seas. One theory passed around is that the natives escaped from captors in a boat and where blown off course and ended up on the Island.

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Or they could simply be Melanesians like the ones who live in New Guinea...

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Both of these points are very interesting. Thanks folks.

Gordon P. Clarkson

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The natives bought their canoes and clothing from Costco and settled somewhere in the South Pacific. This is mentioned several times by the chief

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Perhaps they were descendants of ancient central African explorers who encountered Polynesians and adopted some of their culture.

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Probably imitating papuan groups with poynesian aesthetic.

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