Tiki Mugs
Parksmith Fertility Goddess
in 7 collections
This mug is of a detailed female form, with full breasts and belly, with complete legs. Glaze is satin black, with brown interior. Marked "1968 Parksmith Corp. N.Y.C."
Trader Vic's Coffee Grog Mug Short Headdress
in 46 collections
This all-black gloss handled mug is of a woman's head, with squinted eyes, wearing a collar and a short headdress. Another version is satin, more detailed, and has a taller headdress.
Frankoma War God Brown Satin For Cultured Pearl
in 10 collections
This tiki mug was created by Frankoma Pottery for the Cultured Pearl in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hefty mug made of red clay with a beige glaze overlay, of an angry tiki face with large teeth. In about 1971, Joniece Frank became friends with two men who were starting a small Polynesian restaurant in conjunction with an after-hours club called The Cultured Pearl. With the encouragement of her father, Joniece made a few of the old Club Trade Winds items - perhaps 25 or so of some of the smaller items. Both the restaurant and this association were very short-lived, and items with The Cultured Pearl marking are very rare.
Aloha Showroom Tiki Mug
aka Paradise Cove Tiki Mug in 9 collections
This tiki mug was used at the Paradise Cove in Hawaii. Brown Ku tiki, with zigzag design around top rim, and "Aloha Showroom" in recessed letters across front base. Same design as an Orchids of Hawaii mug, and may be manufactured by OOH.
Otagiri Ku Short Fogcutter
aka OMC Short Fogcutter in 6 collections
This mug from Otagiri has a ku tiki on the front of a slightly conical hiball. Medium brown glaze, OMC sticker on bottom. There is also a nearly identical Orchids of Hawaii version.
Blue Hawaii Tiki Leilani
in 6 collections
Variation on the incredibly common Tiki Leilani design, this one a squat version in brown from the Blue Hawaii in Nashville, Tennessee.
Coco Joe's Volcano Mug
in 2 collections
This unusual mug has long been attributed to Coco Joe's, more famous for their lava and resin tourist tiki pieces. More recently, some have claimed that this mug was issued by a bar in the Pacific Northwest (which is more plausible since Coco Joe's in Hawaii was not known for ceramics but for resin products). This mug is shaped like a volcano, with a handle on the side. Glaze is a sort of gray-brown, and there's a red-orange glazed interior with black speckles. Red translucent glaze is dribbled down the sides. There is a small pocket on the inside near the rim, to hold a bit of 151 rum to light the volcano. Marked "Coco Joe's" in recessed letters on the front.
Tonga Room Double Coconut Mug
in 9 collections
This coconut mug is made of two coconut halves, the bottom one face down, and the top one face up to create the cup. Brown exterior and white interior, marked "Tonga Room", "Fairmont Hotel" and "San Francisco" in black on side.
Aku Aku Coconut Mug
in 20 collections
This coconut has a rough brown exterior and a white glazed interior, and a small white field on the side with "Aku Aku Las Vegas" printed in black.
Rough Coconut Mug
in 7 collections
This coconut has a rough brown exterior and a white glazed interior. Very similar to an Aku Aku coconut made by Otagiri.
Shag Ku Ku Kana Brown
in 10 collections
This Shag tiki, produced by Tiki Farm, is based on Shag's tiki mug painting Ku Ku Kana, and has a two brownish-olive tiki heads, one stacked one top of the other.
Aloha Luau Coconut Mug
in 3 collections
This coconut has "Aloha Luau" in raised letters on front, and "H-L 65" recessed on bottom. Brown glaze with white interior.
Mugs were supplied to the Aloha Luau by Oceanic Arts and were made by Desert Ceramics (possibly using Spurlin molds which Desert Ceramics bought out when the former business folded).