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Ilikai Hotel Tonga Mug Brown
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This minimalist mug was manufactured for Ilikai Hotel in Hawaii. It is a simple curved cylinder with protruding eyes, nose and mouth. It greatly resembles the "Tonga" mugs made by Polynesian Pottery. It was used to serve the “Okole Maluna” cocktail at the Ilikai’s Pier 7 coffee house/restaurant. The Ilikai Hotel & Luxury Suites is a landmark oceanfront high rise hotel and condominium at the western end of Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii. When it opened in 1964, the Ilikai was the first luxury high rise hotel in Hawaii. This mug was likely issued at opening or shortly thereafter.