Tiki Mugs

TikiPalace's description:

Mismatched tag signed by Bosko.

This very short, stylized tiki mug was designed and manufactured by Bosko. He has a jutting brow, sunken cheeks and a stubby nose. Yellow glaze.

Designed by Javier Del Campo for Trader Vic’s, Ramu is based on a Papua New Guinea river legends where the Bosmun people live. Ramu comes either as a 24 ounce sized cocktail mug or this mini 2 ounce sized shot glass.

Designed by Javier Del Campo for Trader Vic’s, Angoram is based on masks from the Papua New Guinea city of Angoram. Angoram comes either as a 30 ounce sized cocktail mug or this mini 2 ounce sized shot glass.

This mug is shaped like a skull being held up by an ape. Designed by THOR and manufactured by Munktiki Imports for Cutwater Spirits.

Released August 6th, 2021 at the Cutwater Spirits Tiki Bash held at Humphreys Outdoor Concert Lawn.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Big Toe

This mug depicts the "Congo Queen", a jungle boat (that Walt Disney spent much time in) with a tiki at the helm and tiki passengers that has hippos rearing up out of the water along one side and piranha leaping up on the other. The mug was released at Trader Sam's on July 30th, 2021, to coincide with the release of The Jungle Cruise film in theaters and on Disney+. Customers were restricted to only two of these mugs per transaction. This design was also released at Trader Sam's in a light yellow special edition which was restricted to 1 per transaction. Lastly, a two-tone oxidized brown glazed version was released exclusively through Club 33 (marked as "Molopo Marie" instead of "Congo Queen").

This is an adaptation of the classic Tiki Bob combined with some naval battle cruiser elements. The Bob head has his usual white face, cartoonish eyes, and small mouth, but the head is the prow of a battleship made of riveted steel, plunging through waves, and wearing a sailor's hat marked for the US NAVY.

From False Idol on Facebook:

"Meet Navy Bob!! Our first collaboration with mighty MP Ceramics! A celebration of both San Diego maritime history and adorable Bobness for our fifth anniversary. Navy Bob is setting sail today and being sold at our special events this afternoon. Limit one per person for $160 each, and only sold here."

This year's mug for Tiki Oasis is shaped like a tiki head with a lidded hat and flame on top.

This event marks the first year that Tiki Oasis was held at the Town and Country Resort. The mug is modeled after their one and only vintage tiki on the premises -- a William Westenhaver Witco Mainlander carving named “Riki Tiki” that was placed atop their pavillion.

On special occasions, Tiki torch flames or fireworks would be set off from his head. Riki caught fire a couple of times even though he was protected from the flames via a sheetmetal dulì (Chinese farmer’s hat).

San Diego Fire Department officials soon put a stop to that, and Riki Tiki was relocated to good ol’ terra firma. The pavilion and Riki Tiki have survived under various names to this day.

The mug was issued only on premises with the Deluxe Evening Resort Pass ($420) and the mug was billed as a $150 value.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Elvis and Tiki Bert

This is a mug shaped like a Tiki with slanted coffee bean shaped eyes, no nose, and a large mouth without teeth. The glaze is blue over brown.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko.

This standing Ku Tiki design is made of stoneware/porcelain and is glazed in a light stone bluish-green with a pearlescent coat. Cream colored interior glaze. It has a female black widow spider design on the reverse.

This abstract skull mug was designed and produced by Bosko. The skull has one large and one small eye socket. Just a few large and widely spaced teeth and is missing its lower jaw. This Bosko Skull III Mug edition has a generally white glaze with some purplish gray as well.

This small, angular tiki mug is inspired by the cubist art of Pablo Picasso. The matte glaze is turquoise over violet.

This abstract skull mug was designed and produced by Bosko. The skull has enormous eye sockets and teeth and is missing its lower jaw.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko.

Based on the Drooling Bastard fountain found in Tonga Hut, North Hollywood, this is a miniature Drooling Bastard in shot glass size. The head holds one ounce and if you turn it over, two ounces in the butt.

This limited edition of 100 jiggers sold out in about an hour at the Tonga Hut release party on June 2, 2021.

This is a canoe-shaped bowl with three skulls in it.

From Trader Brandon's website:

"The Skull Canoe mug reminds you to watch your head while navigating these waters with our canoe, measuring 9" wide! Comes in a natural stoneware finish, produced by our friends at Munktiki. Holds 12oz with ice!"

A brown glazed version was also released at the same time.

Designed and made by the owner of the Bikini Lounge, the mug features the faces of the house band. A white moon with a yellow interior. The mug holds 28 ounces and can be used as a bowl to hold your favorite cocktail.

From the Bikini Lounge Facebook page on November 9th, 2017 announcing November 11th release:

"Hola! This year's mug goes to Moonlight Magic for its inspiration. A group of some truly original Zonies that have spent nearly a year with us for all the right reasons. We rattled through ideas and some sketches with our ol' sweat shop pal Jimmy Smith, eventually settling on this sweet vessel! 40 bucks gets you this tribute to what the Moon on Grand really has to offer, including the glorious 'cheezewhiz' interior with a portion of the proceeds going to the band! Saturday's festival is stocked, so come prepared. Only 100 of these going out to the universe and never to return."

A promotional mug manufactured by Tiki Farm for Real McCoy Rum.

This is a mug shaped like a standing Tiki with brow line covering eyes and an open grimacing mouth lined with teeth. This same design has been used for other locations, including the Tank House in Sacramento and the Mirage Center in Las Vegas. This "Woodgrain Ku" is a customizable design not exclusive to a single locale.

"The Real McCoy" is written on its back.

This is a mug shaped like a banded rum barrel with detailed wood grain staves and wrapped with rope. It is glazed in a gloss brown with orange lettering on front.

This large rum barrel holds 26 ounces and was released in two colors, teal and white and a brown/ green speckled edition. The mugs were released on March 31, 2021, along with the blue seventh edition Drooling Bastard mug at Tonga Hut in North Hollywood. This open edition was made by Munktiki and sold at the bar for $40.00.

This large rum barrel holds 26 ounces and was released in two colors, teal and white and a brown/ green speckled edition. The mugs were released on March 31, 2021, along with the blue seventh edition Drooling Bastard mug at Tonga Hut in North Hollywood. This open edition was made by Munktiki and sold at the bar for $40.00.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Bosko.

A mug shaped like a rootball tiki head from the nose up, emerging from some green shrubbery. This is the event mug issued for the first ever Arizona Tiki Oasis, the twin event to the San Diego Tiki Oasis. This was held at the Valley Ho resort (est. 1956) in Old Town Scottsdale.

This mug is shaped like a long tiki face with a triangular nose, small oval eyes, and three stripes on each cheek. Glazed in blue with yellow interior. Design by SHAG and manufactured by Bauer Pottery. This event mug was issued for the third annual Arizona Tiki Oasis, the twin event to the San Diego Tiki Oasis, and held on April 22nd-25th, 2021. This was held at the Valley Ho resort (est. 1956) in Old Town Scottsdale.

From Max's website:

"This mug was designed by California artist Shag. It’s based on an Andres Bumatay carving that can be found inside Max’s South Seas. The carving’s original home was the Village Apartments, Playa del Rey, CA, a Polynesian-themed apartment complex. Luckily, it was salvaged by collector Jordan Reichek when the apartment complex was torn down.

This carving is now mounted on the A-frame back bar inside Max’s (see photo.)

In our Grand Rapids ceramic studio, Max’s has produced 200 mugs in this Avocado glaze color. Each mug is numbered on the bottom and includes a numbered certificate of authenticity.

More info about the Village Apartments:

Located in a surprisingly welcomed proximity just over 3200 feet from the North tarmac of the Los Angeles Airport, The Polynesian Village Apartment complex was the epitome of primitive, space-age bachelor pad living for 1962. Designed again by prolific mid-century architects, Armet & Davis, the immersive environment featured a stylishly themed atmosphere, complete with 24/7 flaming gas Tiki torches and cascading lava rock waterfalls. Made in a series of three sister developments across Los Angeles county, the dingbat cubist apartment structures were adorned with redwood carvings by the renowned sculptor team of Andres Bumatay and Richard Ellis. Astonishingly, no two figures are alike and the contemporary free form nature of these rescued artifacts endure as the quintessential definition of 'Tiki-Modern'."

This Pau Meli design was produced in three different glazes and quantities of each: Avocado & Orange (200), a Leopard glaze (100), and a Rainbow glaze (25).

This is a mug shaped like a tattooed skull perched upon a tortoise.

The name for this design was inspired by a song performed by Iggy Pop off of his 1977 album “Lust for Life”… the song title… “The Passenger”.

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.

Several color-way editions preceded this one, some made by different makers.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by David Outline.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by David Outline.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by David Outline.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Doug Horne

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 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 smaller version of the Asmat Cannibal Skull that Trevor Foster made for the Strong Water bar in Anaheim, California.

Trevor made four versions of the Memento Mori; two small 2.5 ounce versions, one with a handle (tea cup) and one without (cup). The two larger versions held 12 ounces, one with a handle (mug) and one without (cup).

All four Memento Mori are light brown/beige with a dark brown interior. These skulls were sold through Trevor Foster’s website.

TikiPalace's description:

Signed by Eric October.

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.

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.

This is the Sunset Boulevard glaze with reddish brown tiki wrapped round by a green cobra.

From Tiki-Ti's mug announcement on their Facebook page:

"Tiki Diablo’s Tiki-Ti Cobra Fang v2.0 Mugs are here! Available in 3 glazes: Green Lizard, Sunset Blvd, and Bloody Tiki. Only 100 produced in each glaze, ($150 each). Join us this Saturday, January 9th on our back lot from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm to purchase yours. Face masks and social distancing will be enforced. These mugs are numbered, however we are unable to guarantee anyone a specific number. All remaining mugs will be available through our online store at shoptikiti.com on Sunday, January 10th at 1:00 pm (PST)."