Tiki Mugs

From Tiki Farm:

" 'Full Throttle Tiki' pays homage to the open-wheel racers of the early 20th century and is another addition to our ever-growing Lowbrow, Hot Rod-inspired Tiki mugs, albeit without the actual hot rod on this one! Designed as a 3rd in an ongoing series for us by Tony Squindo, we’re digging the vintage glaze hues of muted grays, drab olives and burnt oranges on this one, doing our best to replicate the poster color aesthetic of the bygone open-wheel racing era. As ample in lead foot as he is in footprint, Full Throttle Tiki measures 7 1/8” in height and holds 21 oz. of high-octane, cranium-bursting liquid delight!"

This is a version of the classic Mr. Bali Hai tiki mug with the black and white skull mask of the Creepxotica band and with a black and white fez lid featuring a coffin and bat on the front.

Mr. Bali Hai is an oblong head with a bone through the nose and large hoop earrings, with sleepily lidded eyes -- the carved version being a mascot that greets visitors at the entrance to the Bali Hai.

Creepxotica is the Exotica Music playing alter ego of The Creepy Creeps band which started out doing a "haunted style" of Bossa Nova music.

Released at the Bali Hai on Friday April 30th, at a Creepxotica show at the Bali Hai.

From Tiki Farm:

" 'Full Throttle Tiki' pays homage to the open-wheel racers of the early 20th century and is another addition to our ever-growing Lowbrow, Hot Rod-inspired Tiki mugs, albeit without the actual hot rod on this one! Designed as a 3rd in an ongoing series for us by Tony Squindo, we’re digging the vintage glaze hues of muted grays, drab olives and burnt oranges on this one, doing our best to replicate the poster color aesthetic of the bygone open-wheel racing era. As ample in lead foot as he is in footprint, Full Throttle Tiki measures 7 1/8” in height and holds 21 oz. of high-octane, cranium-bursting liquid delight!"

This is a version of the classic Mr. Bali Hai tiki mug with the black and white skull mask of the Creepxotica band and with a black and white fez lid featuring a coffin and bat on the front.

Mr. Bali Hai is an oblong head with a bone through the nose and large hoop earrings, with sleepily lidded eyes -- the carved version being a mascot that greets visitors at the entrance to the Bali Hai.

Creepxotica is the Exotica Music playing alter ego of The Creepy Creeps band which started out doing a "haunted style" of Bossa Nova music.

Released at the Bali Hai on Friday April 30th, at a Creepxotica show at the Bali Hai.

This X-Eyes style Tiki head mug was designed to celebrate the wedding of SoccerTiki (Chris Garland) and WooHooWahine (Karen Stuetz-Garland) at the Bali Hai in 2009. Brown on the outside, with a white interior.

From the Tiki Farm website:

"An absolutely wonderful, very playful mug sculpted & designed by Daniel Scarcello aka Rainforesttiki. This is our second design by Daniel and personally, though I dig them both, this one is my favorite. “Mele Hoa” features two stylized Tiki-inspired characters with the fellow up top holding a Tiki mask over his face. Perched on top of the lower fellow totem-style, there are dashes of symbology to be found on the mug, though I have no idea what it means… I just love it! Ultimately perched upon an outcropping of foliage and a pedestaled lava, skull-flanked base – it’s super fun and super creative! Glazed in a beautiful, all-new satin green with a gunmetal grey wash, the detailing is very strong and the mug’s detailing shows through so nicely in this glaze combination."

This first edition was followed by a second edition in brown with black wash.

This mug was created by Bosko to match his carvings at False Idol, San Diego. The first color-way in copper green with blue oxidation and white interior is limited to 125 mugs. "False Idol" is written on the back. Due to the pandemic, the mug is being sold on the Bosko website instead of at False Idol. The mug was created and produced by hand in Bosko’s Southern California studio.

Based on Bosko's earlier mug design, this version of the Kapu Tiki Mug was designed and manufactured by Bosko in a new glaze to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his home bar in Escondido, California -- The Kapu Tiki Room.

The mug is a small, simple moai with sunken eyes, a pronounced nose and a protruding mouth open on each side.

The glaze is a deep dark mottled Malachite green.

The mug comes with a special commemorative souvenir cocktail recipe card from Jeff "Beachbum" Berry.

Based on Bosko's earlier mug design, this version of the Kapu Tiki Mug was designed and manufactured by Bosko in a new glaze to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his home bar in Escondido, California -- The Kapu Tiki Room.

The mug is a small, simple moai with sunken eyes, a pronounced nose and a protruding mouth open on each side.

The glaze is a deep dark mottled Malachite green.

The mug comes with a special commemorative souvenir cocktail recipe card from Jeff "Beachbum" Berry.

This is a mug shaped like the grim reaper holding a surfboard and carrying a swizzle stick scythe.

From their website:

"Life was so much easier when all you had to worry about was checking the surf report before heading to the beach. Remember the good times with this Old School surfing reaper. This bad boy stands eight inches tall and holds 24 fluid ounces of your favorite tropical treat. Each reaper comes with a Ohana is Dead scythe swizzle, but don't worry, your reaper is a helper and can hold that swizzle for you. The Old School reaper is an edition of 125 and masterfully crafted by the fine folks at Munktiki Imports."

Sculpted by Robert Fink.

From Tiki Farm's website:

"Lukluk is Tok-Pisin (Papua New Guinea pidgin) for the English language terms 'Look after… stare, gaze, glance, watch'.

Who better to look after you and your cocktail than this masked sentinel designed by long time Tiki Farm contributing artist Ken 'Little Lost Tiki' Ruzic?

And if you look closely, you'll see that sometimes eyes are not where you would truly expect them!

Look closely… you'll find TWO sets of eyes staring back at you!

Hiding in the leafy underbrush, Lukluk will remain a constant guardian of your home Tiki bar and a faithful vessel for your favorite libation!

Available in either jungle distressed wooden brown or a beautiful citrusy lime green!

Hiding behind his giant mask, Lukluk will keep an eye out for fun at your next shindig!"

A pink toucan bird perched with its mouth open. This was their special Valentine's Day glaze. There is also a light green mint, a gold, and an iridescent glaze.

This is a Marquesan style tiki mug in blue glaze with black wash. There is also a version in orange with black wash.

From the Tiki Farm website:

"Marqool is intentionally a synergy of our earliest years Tiki Farm aesthetic direction combined with our new, highly evocative, deeply saturated stain/wash glaze combinations. Marqool is a straight-up Marquesan-inspired Tiki mug. There is not much of a deviation here from what you would have expected 21-years ago from Tiki Farm in such regard. Marqool was created with my establishing the design foundation and then steering the creative direction in conjunction with our friend and longtime Tiki Farm contributing artist/designer – Tank Standing Buffalo."

The Boozin' Baboon was created by Doug Horne for The Bamboo Club in Long Beach, California and this first edition was limited to 100 mugs glazed in Iron Oxide Brown.

Mugs came with a Certificate of Authenticity and they were hand-numbered and signed by Doug.

$60 included a mug, with their latest house creation, the "Dr. Bamboo" cocktail.

A second edition in Swamp Green was later released.

This mug is a second series run of the popular design that Tiki Diablo did for the 2015 Tiki-Ti's 54th Anniversary Cobra Stranglehold Mugs, but with new glazes and changes to the mug markings as well.

This v2.0 series does not have any markings on the forehead, but has markings on either side of the mug.

The second set of three Cobra Fang v2.0 mugs released by Tiki-Ti have a white interior and the Cobra has red eyes.

Made by Tiki Diablo.

The new colors for this second set of v2.0 are Buhen Blue (light brown with a light blue wash), Blood 'N Sand (brown with a red wash) and I Love Ray (dark brown with a green wash).

Since Tiki-Ti was closed due to Covid-19, this set of mugs was released at the Original Tiki Marketplace in Garden Grove on Saturday, March 13, 2021 and limited to one mug per person.

This mug is a second series run of the popular design that Tiki Diablo did for the 2015 Tiki-Ti's 54th Anniversary Cobra Stranglehold Mugs, but with new glazes and changes to the mug markings as well.

This v2.0 series does not have any markings on the forehead, but has markings on either side of the mug.

The second set of three Cobra Fang v2.0 mugs released by Tiki-Ti have a white interior and the Cobra has red eyes.

Made by Tiki Diablo.

The new colors for this second set of v2.0 are Buhen Blue (light brown with a light blue wash), Blood 'N Sand (brown with a red wash) and I Love Ray (dark brown with a green wash).

Since Tiki-Ti was closed due to Covid-19, this set of mugs was released at the Original Tiki Marketplace in Garden Grove on Saturday, March 13, 2021 and limited to one mug per person.

This is a mug shaped like three wooden crates stacked atop each other and with octopus tentacles busting through the sides of the crates. Glazed in gloss brown and marked for The Warehouse Restaurant in Marina del Rey, CA.

This is a mug shaped like a skull with no lower jaw and an octopus inside -- tentacles streaming from the mouth cavity and one lazy eye staring from the right eye socket.

Crustaceans cover the rest of the skull, marked "Strong Water Anaheim" on reverse.

These sold out online on 03/15/2021 and the Doug Horne scheduled signing was 3/18/21 from 5-8 PM.

This first edition in beige with a brown wipe was followed by a second edition in red/orange.

This is a double-chambered mug. The outer chamber is a diving bell helmet with a ventilator and hose sculpted over the face port, and the inner chamber is an octopus tentacle. This was a numbered maximum run of 250, and was released as a pre-sale in July of 2020. Shipping began in early 2021.

The mug shipped with a small switchable pendant LED to provide a lit effect in the helmet, and with a double-ended barspoon/trident fork.

Tiki Diablo created his version of Trader Vic’s iconic Skull Mug. Scrimshaw style artwork on both sides utilizing images from the Trader Vic's menu. Comes with two red led lights that you put in the mug through the plug at the bottom.

This is a flask with cork stopper shaped like a severed zombie finger. Matte glazed in either "Monster" (greenish) or "Zombie" (brownish) glaze. Black fingernail was rare. Limited edition.

This one is called Ngero Mohoao — meaning “wild cat” in Maori. It is a standing tiki with almond eyes, hands held in front, and Maori inspired detailing. This mug was produced for the 2nd Anniversary of the TikiCat in Kansas City, MO. Of the 200 mugs, 100 were sold in the bar & 100 were sold through the TikiCat web page.

Suavecito is a hair pomade and beauty products company that started in Santa Ana, CA. This mug is a tikified version of their mascot, a skeleton with its hair slicked back using their pomade. There is also a female version.

This light blue mug was sold at the Bamboo Club in Long Beach, California for their first anniversary. The mug was designed By Holden Westland and made by Tiki Farm. The mug was inspired by Papua New Guinea Yipwon spirit figures. Light blue with minor brown highlights.

A chalice-shaped mug with a tiki holding the bowl of the vessel over his head. Vines and flowers cover back and exterior of bowl. Named after the Hawaiian word for "Good fortune & Blessedness". Brown gloss glaze with orange interior. Marked "Trader Vic's" on bottom front and "Trader Vic's℗ 2020" on bottom. The ℗ is a sound recording copyright as opposed to ® or © symbols so maybe the sound your cocktail makes is protected? Dunno, but you have been duly warned.

This mug is shaped like a Tiki Bob head in a cracked glass-faced dive helmet with The Creature from the Black Lagoon's webbed hands dragging him down into the deep.

The mug holds 20 oz, it’s 6 1/2” tall and 4 1/2” wide and deep. The design is by Ron Ferrell with additional art and sculpt by Tom Thordarson and John Mulder. Manufactured by Eekum Bookum. Produced by Ron's Lost Cargo company. Only 32 released initially in early October 2020 with more to come, but it is a limited edition run.

This mug was created by Bosko to match his carvings at False Idol, San Diego. The first color-way in copper green with blue oxidation and white interior is limited to 125 mugs. "False Idol" is written on the back. Due to the pandemic, the mug is being sold on the Bosko website instead of at False Idol. The mug was created and produced by hand in Bosko’s Southern California studio.

From the Tiki Farm website:

"An absolutely wonderful, very playful mug sculpted & designed by Daniel Scarcello aka Rainforesttiki. This is our second design by Daniel and personally, though I dig them both, this one is my favorite. “Mele Hoa” features two stylized Tiki-inspired characters with the fellow up top holding a Tiki mask over his face. Perched on top of the lower fellow totem-style, there are dashes of symbology to be found on the mug, though I have no idea what it means… I just love it! Ultimately perched upon an outcropping of foliage and a pedestaled lava, skull-flanked base – it’s super fun and super creative! Glazed in a beautiful, all-new satin green with a gunmetal grey wash, the detailing is very strong and the mug’s detailing shows through so nicely in this glaze combination."

This first edition was followed by a second edition in brown with black wash.

This SHAG designed mug features a cannibal style tiki holding a copy of the Book of Tiki and taking a big bite out of the top of it. This is the third edition in amber.

There are three color ways of this design whose release was planned as follows:

PHASE 1: the launch, with 100 limited BLUE edition mugs, numbered and certified by Sven and Shag, for $150 a mug, sold at the Original Tiki Marketplace on September 12th, 2020. Numbers 1/100 to 5/100 were held back and put up on e-Bay for auction.

PHASE 2: the next phase, with a 100 limited RED glaze edition in conjunction with a matching Shag print, available at the SHAG STORE for $250 each.

PHASE 3: the last phase, with a 1,000 piece AMBER glaze edition from Tiki Farm, for $75 per mug.

Based on Bosko's earlier mug design, this version of the Kapu Tiki Mug was designed and manufactured by Bosko in a new glaze to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his home bar in Escondido, California -- The Kapu Tiki Room.

The mug is a small, simple moai with sunken eyes, a pronounced nose and a protruding mouth open on each side.

The glaze is a deep dark mottled Malachite green.

The mug comes with a special commemorative souvenir cocktail recipe card from Jeff "Beachbum" Berry.

This is a mug shaped like a stylized Ku tiki head. It has diamond shaped eyes, a triangular nose and roughly dogbone-shaped mouth.

Similar to the sculpt for Bosko's previous "Lost Ku" but with addition of teeth and hands held in front beneath chin.

The glaze is a stone-like blue with green highlights. Depending on the position in the kiln some even have a metallic effect.

Marked for Frankie's Tiki Room 12th anniversary on reverse.

This is a mug shaped like the grim reaper holding a surfboard and carrying a swizzle stick scythe.

From their website:

"Life was so much easier when all you had to worry about was checking the surf report before heading to the beach. Remember the good times with this Old School surfing reaper. This bad boy stands eight inches tall and holds 24 fluid ounces of your favorite tropical treat. Each reaper comes with a Ohana is Dead scythe swizzle, but don't worry, your reaper is a helper and can hold that swizzle for you. The Old School reaper is an edition of 125 and masterfully crafted by the fine folks at Munktiki Imports."

Sculpted by Robert Fink.

Hotei is the figure on the medallion on every bottle of Pyrat rum. The roots of rum trace back to early Asia, where scholars agree the first distillation of sugarcane juice was produced. And so, the history of rum is very much the history of sugar in Asia and Hotei honors Asia’s preeminent and important role in the origin of this popular spirit.

The Hotei monk is the patron saint and Zen protector of fortunetellers and bartenders. This socially enlightened mystic, often considered the god of contentment and happiness, is always depicted with a cheerful smile, a bald head, and a portly belly. Ancient scrolls tell of Hotei’s fondness for libations and he is commonly seen carrying a large cloth sack that never empties, from which he gregariously dispenses food and drink and other treasures.

There was also a matching bowl put out by Pyrat Rum at the same time with three of these Hotei figures as supports.

This mug was created by Bosko to match his carvings at False Idol, San Diego. The first color-way in copper green with blue oxidation and white interior is limited to 125 mugs. "False Idol" is written on the back. Due to the pandemic, the mug is being sold on the Bosko website instead of at False Idol. The mug was created and produced by hand in Bosko’s Southern California studio.

Tiki-Ti released Death by Uga Booga at the Original Tiki Marketplace on October 17, 2020. Designed by John Markovich and sculpted by Thor. Tiki-Ti owners Mike Sr. and Mike Jr. were on hand along with artist John Markovich for the Release and signing. A really large mug holding a whopping 32 ounces.

This is a mug shaped like a rum barrel held from behind by a male menehune with gray hair, gray mustache and red & yellow flower lei and board shorts.

The Forbidden Sub mug depicts a gray submarine lifted out of the churning ocean depths by a huge orange tentacle. Labeled with the “Forbidden Island” logo on one side, this mug measures 8″ wide by 4″ tall and has a capacity of 18-20 oz. A recipe card for a cocktail named "Infinite Coastline" is included with the mug. The mug went on sale Monday, September 7th, at 12:00pm PST and was limited to two mugs per person. Limited to a run of 500 pieces.

This mug looks like a cross between a monkey and the Goof on the Roof at the Bali Hai on Shelter Island. He has the Goof hat, the red eye, and sharp pointed teeth!

From the Cutwater Spirits website: "Introducing our 5th generation Cutwater Spirits Tiki mug, designed by the legendary artist, THOR and crafted by Munktiki. This year’s mug is inspired by our Bali Hai Tiki Monkey, the award-winning fan-favorite spirit made with rum, cream, natural banana, cold brew coffee, and cocoa nib flavors. One sip and you’ll go bananas!"

This is a mug shaped like a standing female Tangaroan Tiki. Back reads "Tui" and has a small fish. It was first introduced in a light brown/beige and later in orange.

This mug design is based on a tiki carving featured at Max's from the 1960's by tiki carver Milan Guanko.

Designed by renowned Southern California tiki artist Big Toe and produced by Max's. 60 available in the “wood grain” glaze and 25 in the “sea green” glaze.

This mug is shaped like a dodo bird standing over a rum crate, rum bottles, and a glass float. This Doug Horne concept and design was based on an earlier painting he did for the bar, "The Captain & His Companion". Released July 16th, 2020.

Mug created for the Tiki Collectors Facebook group. It is a papua New Guinea design tiki holding a small Tiki Bob mug in front, marked with "TC" on lower rim.

Mug created for the Tiki Collectors Facebook group. It is a papua New Guinea design tiki holding a small Tiki Bob mug in front, marked with "TC" on lower rim.

This mug is shaped like a thatched hut surrounded by tikis and sitting on a foundation of skulls. These limited edition collectible mugs were designed by the bar's founder, Scott McCray.

This is the skeletal head of a traditional Mo'ai KavaKava, glazed in a slate gray, with white irises, branded on reverse for the Suffering Bastard Bar in Sanford, Florida. The bar opened April 5th, 2019. It is semi-hidden inside of Tuffy's Bottle Shop, but you can find Suffering Bastard on your way to the outdoor garden.

From their website:

"The Tahiti Felix 70th Anniversary tiki mug. Celebrating 70 years of America’s oldest family run tattoo parlour, in continuous service est. 1949. Tahiti Felix Lynch was not only a tattooer. He and his Tahitian bride, Nui, also lived and embraced the Polynesian lifestyle. He performed all over the world with his Polynesian floor show troop 'The Regal Tahitians' from the late 1950’s thru the late 1960’s entertaining our armed forces in USO shows in the hey day of Tiki Culture! Today our shop, located in the heart of San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, celebrates his legacy. Many of Tahiti Felix’s original drums and tiki’s, hand carved in the 1950’s for Felix by Hollywood set designer Hal Wilcox, can be found in the shop. You’ll also find some of the largest collections of original tattoo art on public display spanning over 7 decades. A true part of San Diego, Tattoo and Tiki history! Our 70th anniversary mug celebrates the Tahiti Felix Master Tattoo ohana and continued service since 1949. Original Marquesan style mug concept design by Tahiti Gil and produced here in the USA by world renowned tiki mug carver Tiki Diablo. Included with the mug are two custom cast swizzles by Adventure artist Mike Grider. Limited Edition Size: 200 mugs. Release date: May 2020 (delayed from July ‘19)"

This tiki was designed by Danny Gallardo for Tiki Farm. The mug is of a Marquesan-style tiki, with very large, rounded teardrop eyes, and a wide mouth showing two rows of teeth. Brown glaze.

Mug shaped like a standing Tiki holding a Tiki mug in its hands and with both thumbs up. Forehead has "TT" and straws poking out of smaller Tiki mug being held. Wood grain on Tiki's exterior with knots and whorls. "Made In China" sticker on bottom. Originally ran in a three-color version with tan, brown and red for sale only at the Tiki-Ti. This open edition is in a two-tone of darker and lighter green.