Tiki Mugs

From the Hammer Bar in Anaheim, California. A green mug by Squid and produced by Tiki Farm in 2019. The first edition mug is limited to 250 mugs. The Hammer Bar name is on the front and “Anaheim Packing District” on the back of the mug.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Mike Sr., Mike Jr. and John Markovich

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko.

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!"

An artist proof of the limited edition Soufflé Moai. Soufflé Moai was designed and produced by Bosko. The moai has a thin head with a broad nose, straight mouth and slightly pronounced eyes. Bosko only made 20 of the regular edition of this Mug due to production problems. As an artist proof, glaze color and details will uniquely vary.

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 severed head mug sold exclusively on location at The Reef tiki bar in Palm Springs, California. The head wears a yellow pitch helmet decorated with a small tiki on front. The mug is made to look like Rory Snyder, owner of The Reef, who is also good friends with John Mulder of Eekum Bookum. The first 100 mugs of this open edition was released on October 1, 2020 and immediately sold out. A delicious libation was created for this mug by The Reef’s Cameron Robbins, called “Wildsville’s Wrong Turn”.

This limited edition mug was designed by Bosko for the release of the Tikiyaki Orchestra's CD, "Aloha, Baby!" It was designed to look "Old School" with a beige flat glaze for the body and a brown glossy glaze ring at the top and bottom. The mug has horizontal diamond shaped eyes, a broad nose, and a bow-shaped mouth without teeth. Back is stamped "Tikiyaki Polynesian Village Hotel."

This mug is shaped like a wooden Tiki head with an angular figure eight shaped mouth lined with teeth. The mug was designed by Dane Danner and based on the Tiki behind the bar carved by Bosko Hrnjak. Glazed in brown with green overglaze and produced/manufactured by Munktiki Imports. Released end of July 2019.

This small stackable brown skull mug has no lower jaw and is marked on reverse for Strong Water Anaheim. It was released at the same time alongside with a cobalt blue version. Both sold out online within the week.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon from Mondo, 1st edition with a yellow base glaze and "Gillman Green" wipe overglaze. Mondo released a set of Universal Monsters, including the Wolfman, The Mummy, the Phantom of the Opera and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Other editions of the four Universal Monsters were released shortly after. Designed by Doug P’Gosh and sculpted by Matthew Black. There is also a 3-D variant of the Creature mug with a base blue glaze and a red wipe finish to mimic the effect of the blue and red lenses on 3-D glasses.

The Mummy from Mondo, 1st edition. Mondo released a set of Universal Monsters, including the Wolfman, The Mummy, the Phantom of the Opera and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Other editions of the four Universal Monsters were released shortly after. Designed by Doug P’Gosh and sculpted by Matthew Black. There is also a "Scarab Variant" of the Mummy mug in iridescent black.

The Wolfman from Mondo, 1st edition. Mondo released a set of Universal Monsters, including the Wolfman, The Mummy, the Phantom of the Opera and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Other editions of the four Universal Monsters were released shortly after. Designed by Doug P’Gosh and sculpted by Matthew Black. There is also a "Full Moon" variant of the Wolfman mug in white with blue wipe glaze.

The Phantom of the Opera from Mondo, 1st edition. Mondo released a set of Universal Monsters, including the Wolfman, The Mummy, the Phantom of the Opera and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Other editions of the four Universal Monsters were released shortly after. Designed by Doug P’Gosh and sculpted by Matthew Black. This first edition is in "Curtain Call Crimson" glaze. There is another Phantom mug variant in "Crescendo" glaze (black and red -- what some might call "Dark Cherry").

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 was designed by Bosko for the release of the Tikiyaki Orchestra's CD, "Aloha, Baby!" The mug has horizontal diamond shaped eyes, a broad nose, and a bow-shaped mouth without teeth. Back is stamped "Tikiyaki Polynesian Village Hotel." This is an artist proof, and as such, glaze colors and details vary.

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Black with dark green glitter

Released August, 2020, in Florida. Sold in Walt Disney World gift shops probably due to the Polynesian Hotel and Grog Grotto being closed for remodeling. The iconic Trader Sams PNG tiki on the front with the words Trader Sam’s splashed across the back. The Disney stamp and serial number on the bottom.

The Left Coast Oki Oki tiki mug was designed by Tiki Diablo and Bosko for the Left Coast Oki Oki Carving Seminar October 27-28, 2006. THe mug is yellow and mottled brown. The tiki on the front is lobsided and is holding a mallet and chisel. The tiki on the back is a PNG style with concentric oval eyes and a happy, toothy smile. The yellow version is a limited edition of 30 offered for sale to the carvers at the event.

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Signed by Tiki Diablo

This is a Day of the Dead style skull mug with flowers and other decorations, marked for Cutwater Spirits.

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 first edition in blue.

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.

A green with black wash and a white interior Ku by Bosko for the first anniversary of the Shameful Tiki Room in Vancouver. A limited edition of 48 mugs.

This very tall stylized Tiki has an extremely small mouth with closed lips, round eyes, and an elongated nose. This is the first color version in greenish gray.

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Signed by Bosko

This Melanesian inspired tiki mug was designed and manufactured by Bosko. It is a full body tiki with a short, squat body and a large long head. He has sunken eyes, a long flat nose and a pointed chin.

This is a mug shaped like a pufferfish with a Tiki Bob face. Glazed in a yellowish brown/amber color. White face and interior. Released at Tiki Oasis 2019. This is an open edition.

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Signed by Eric October

This is a mug shaped like a Gill Man or Creature From the Black Lagoon with claws folded across chest and showing an open mouth filled with sharp teeth. Glossy green glaze. Marked "Max's South Seas Hideaway" on lower front.

The Hei Tiki mug was created for False Idol in San Diego by Bosko. This is a one-of-a-kind artist proof in burnt umber (reddish brown) with a green wash. The first edition was made in matte pink and the second edition was made in light green with an electric blue wash. Both the first and second edition were limited to 125 mugs.

A standing tiki mug with round concentric eyes, a diamond patterned headdress, and glazed in a light blue/green glaze. He is a part of a set with his brother, Komani, who is glazed in a darker blue, has bisected pupils, and a wavy rounded pattern on headdress. This version of Koka with heat decal on back was sold, starting in 2019, at The Bamboo Club, Long Beach, California along with a decaled version of his brother mug Komani. Koka is light blue and green with “The Bamboo Club Long Beach, CA” On the back of his head.

Created by David Outline of Outl1n3 Island. Several mugs were custom made and embellished with jewelry before the first edition which began with 5 mugs (of an unspecified run). The mug is bone colored with a black wash.

Distinguishing characteristics:

Signed by David Outline

This is a mug shaped like a totem pole with Krusty the Klown and other characters. As seen on the animation series "The Simpsons" season 4 episode 60 called "Kamp Krusty". The Kamp Krusty totem pole has a white topped Krusty section, a blue midsection and a yellow dog bottom.

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Signed by David Outline.

This mug was released at the Tonga Hut Monsters & Mai Tais Hallowen party on October 28th, 2012. It was sculpted by Kirby and manufactured by Taboo Island. The original Big Mo is the Moai carving just within the front door of the Tonga Hut. The mug is a faithful replica. The back of the mug reads "Tonga Hut" in vertical letters and gives the opening date of the bar, "1958." The Black & Orange (black exterior and orange interior) was limited to 25 mugs.

The 2020 Tiki Oasis Mug is titled “Tiki Oasis Paradise Point Takeover” and is inspired by the grounds, architecture, and locale of Paradise Point Resort. Tiki Oasis’ Paradise Point mug features tikis from Caliente Tropics (Palm Springs) and the Hanalei Hotel (San Diego), where Tiki Oasis took place previously. The mug has a removable “hut” lid featuring a straw hole. Imagery featured on the mug includes tiki torches, palm trees, birds of paradise, coconuts, a rum box, and a peacock. There is also a fire feature/well for 151 high proof alcohol (or lemon extract) on the front of the mug, just below a Tiki Oasis logo.

Single skull made for False Idol with large eye sockets and missing lower jaw. Very similar to the False Idol short stack (2 skulls) and the False Idol Skull Stack (3 skulls). This is an artist proof.

Mug sold at the 2019 Midsummer Scream held in Long Beach, California. Sculpted by Thor and made by Munktiki Imports.

Created by David Outline of Outl1n3 Island for the 7th anniversary of VenTiki in Ventura, California. The first 75 of the 150 edition is colored in Jungle Green with a black backwash. Some of the mugs had a white interior but most came with a black interior. The mug also came with a removable Bones/Fang V necklace that could be worn and a LED light for the mouth. The mug was released at VenTiki on August 8, 2020, with David on hand to sign them. The first 75 were sold out within a few hours.

This New Guinea inspired tiki mug was designed and manufactured by Bosko. It is a full body tiki with a short, squat body and a large long head. He has a long, broad nose and triangular eyes. The glaze is a satin dark umber with glossy emerald green splashes.

This is a mug shaped the Drooling Bastard (a crude Tiki made of volcanic rock, holding a bowl, with water trickling out of his mouth and into the bowl). It is based on the original fountain sculpture at the Tonga Hut which is the mascot for the Loyal Order of the Drooling Bastard.

Made in two color combinations (production differences), the dark green and yellow was the more common and the rarer blue and yellow version were mixed in the 100 mugs of the sixth edition. The mug was made by Eekum Bookum and released at Tonga Hut on October 14, 2019. Both the dark green and blue versions had a yellow interior and white Tonga Hut letters on the back.

Originating from Papua New Guinea, the design of the Trader Vic's mask logo was introduced in 1951 and since has been the symbol of Trader Vic's known around the world.

This is a mug shaped the Drooling Bastard (a crude Tiki made of volcanic rock, holding a bowl, with water trickling out of his mouth and into the bowl). It is based on the original fountain sculpture at the Tonga Hut which is the mascot for the Loyal Order of the Drooling Bastard.

Made in two color combinations (production differences), the dark green and yellow was the more common and the rarer blue and yellow version were mixed in the 100 mugs of the sixth edition. The mug was made by Eekum Bookum and released at Tonga Hut on October 14, 2019. Both the dark green and blue versions had a yellow interior and white Tonga Hut letters on the back.

This is a mug shaped like a rum barrel and marked for Plantation Rum with its distinctive "netting" wrapped around the barrel as well. The idea is that in tropical climes the netting provides a non-slip grip. Mug also has some tropical plants around the exterior. Brown wipe-away glaze makes all the sculptural details pop, but leaves an overall beige color to piece.

Ocean Beach Tikis is a carving business located in Ocean Beach (San Diego, CA). Outl1n3 Island created this limited edition of 50 mugs for their promotions. Designed by Patrick Sousa and produced by Outl1n3 Island. This was Outl1n3 Island's first contracted mug order, apart from individual sales.

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 ceramic mug looks like a Nutcracker with holly on his hat and holding a skipper's wheel. There is also a red version for the Trader Sam's Grog Grotto location.

Featuring a busty MERMAID with much detail...long flowing hair with a flower on one side, hands folded in front and a scaled tail that wraps around. Limited edition Mermaid mug for the Golden Tiki in Las Vegas, made by Tiki Farm in 2019. Produced in a blue version and green version.

A coconut mug with a monkeys face carved into it. Designed by Big Toe and made by Eekum Bookum for Strong Water in Anaheim, California. Limited edition of 300 mugs.

Distinguishing characteristics:

Signed by BigToe.

This is a mug shaped the Drooling Bastard (a crude Tiki made of volcanic rock, holding a bowl, with water trickling out of his mouth and into the bowl). It is based on the original fountain sculpture at the Tonga Hut which is the mascot for the Loyal Order of the Drooling Bastard. Red and green version marked Xmas on the bottom. Made by Eekum Bookum and limited to 40 mugs.

This is a mug shaped like a brown glazed 4-eyed tiki. It is a full standing tiki on a pedestal with closed mouth, long nose, and diamond design on stomach. It was released through the SHAG Store as an online only release and featured a new glaze color of the popular Green Four Eyed Frankie which was released for the Frankie's Tiki Room 10th Anniversary.

This mug depicts a stylised version of "The Creature From the Black Lagoon". Green glaze with yellow gill / scale highlights. Released for Frankies 11 year anniversary.

This is a two sided mug with Ducky and Bunny from Toy Story 4. It is solid blue, unlike the slightly smaller Super Limited Edition in two-tone where Ducky is yellow and Bunny is blue. The mug was created in a limited edition of 1,000. The Super Limited Version Version was limited to 250 pieces. Sculpted by Pixar's in-house sculptor, Jerome Ranft, and based on artwork by Pixar's Creative Director.