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My grandfather bought this from Aloha Jhoe's in Palm Springs. I have two.

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Aloha Jhoe's Moai Mug

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This rich red-brown moai mug is from Aloha Jhoe's in Palm Springs. It has the Aloha Jhoe's Duk-Duk figure logo, "Aloha Jhoe's" in vertical lettering, and "Palm Springs" all in black on the back of the mug.

Duk-Duk is a secret society, part of the traditional culture of the Tolai people of the Rabaul area of New Britain, the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, in the South Pacific. In ritual dances, members of the society invoke the male spirit duk duk and female spirit tubuan depending on which mask the dancer wears. The dancers are always male despite the fact that some are performing the role of female spirits. Women and children were forbidden to look at these figures. Both types of mask are cone-shaped and are constructed of cane and fibre, with short, bushy capes of leaves. Traditionally the duk duk was taller than the tubuan and was faceless. The tubuan had circular eyes and a crescent-shaped mouth painted on a dark background. In addition to the mask, leaves cover the torso of the dancers so that only their legs are visible.