This is a Maori influenced full standing Tiki mug with Moko designs on face, protruding ears, three-fingered hands held at stomach, and standing on a squarish base. The Mai-Kai opened in 1956 and they added the Molokai Bar in 1958. This is a prominent Tiki in that bar. The mug version was made by Tiki Diablo for the Mai Kai and was first available in three colors (including a "Tobacco Brown"), but this "Tiki Diablo Brown" glazed version was later sold at the first 2018 Shipwrecked event in Marina del Rey.

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Designer

Tiki Diablo

Manufacturer

Tiki Diablo

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Marking

"Mai-Kai Est. 1956" on reverse.