Tiki Mugs
Hab-i-tudes Tiki-Kona Lantern in Mystic Green
in 1 collection
This is a stoneware Tiki lantern with a metal hanger/handle. The mouth, eyes, and a tossed box pattern around the top are open to allow light through. They were made in Jordan Blue, Mystic Green, Cafe Brown, Crystal Yellow, and White Leather. This is the Mystic Green version. Designed by David Bishop. The Tiki-Kona Lantern was followed by the Tiki-Maui Lantern (2013). It has the same color selections. The designs are similar but not identical. An easy way to distinguish between the two is by looking at the mouth. The Maui lantern appears to be smiling while the Kona lantern is not.
Candy Corn Mountaintop Cookie Jar
aka Candy Corn Mountaintop Hippie Jar in 4 collections
This is a container shaped like a sitting mountain-like figure with large bare feet. Released at the Spooky Shop Exhibition at the Grass Hut in Portland, OR.
Chico Brown for Wave Riding Vehicles
in 1 collection
This tiki mug from Tiki Farm has a brown glaze, with a gritted figure-eight mouth, and a bulbous nose. Marked on back with logo for Wave Riding Vehicles, a manufacturer of surfboards.
Caroline Islands Tiki Mug
aka Dinonga Eidu Mug, Nukuoro Mug in 4 collections
This is a faceless, streamlined, standing figure with no feet. Based on original wooden images, dinonga eidu, which were important in the pre-Christian religion of Nukuoro Atoll, a Polynesian outlier in the Eastern Caroline Islands. Probably fewer than 20 of these original wooden images are still in existence in museums. They were regarded as representations of individual deities, and at certain times of the year were adorned with fresh garments and presented with offerings in the form of fresh coconuts and other fruits.
Bar Pink Elephant Mug Regular Edition
in 7 collections
This is a mug shaped like a pink elephant with a flower in its hair and upraised trunk. The bar's signature cocktail, the "Pink Elephant" is made with pink lemonade and vodka. This is the regular, unnumbered, edition sold at Bar Pink in San Diego.
Jube Monkey Mug
in 1 collection
This yellow monkey mug appears to be a later, cruder, copy of the one manufactured by Arte 4 in Spain. The mug is shaped like a monkey. He appears to be smiling, and he is sitting with his hand on his feet.
Spiral Browed Napco Tiki Salt and Pepper Shakers
in 1 collection
These matching salt and pepper shakers are shaped like Tikis with spiral designs on their brow and clenched square teeth. This Tiki design was used on other NAPCO pieces, including a bucket mug shown on page 106 of Tiki Quest.
JerK Kustoms Shrunken Bob Brown & Black
aka JerK Kustoms Shrunken Bob Third Edition in 1 collection
This is a mug shaped like a shrunken Tiki Bob with a bone through the nose and its eyes and mouth sewn shut. Also made in several other glaze combinations.
Ape Ceramic Sculpture
aka Yakimon Ape Statue in 3 collections
This is a ceramic sculpture from Munktiki's Yakimon line. Ape is a wild card in the Yakimon world. Little is known about it and it lives a rogue life not playing for either side. Sometimes he helps you while other times he betrays you. He's rumored to have special powers of immortality. Cut off one of his limbs and it's said it will rejoin. Made in a variety of glaze colors.
Smiley Magno Zombie Head Brown
in 3 collections
These zombie heads have cracked skin, strands of hair hanging down over the forehead, an exposed nose cavity, and an extended tongue lolling out in front. Each mug has removeable eyes and ears and are magnetized so that they can be taken on and off. This is the brown version. There is also a green.
Smiley Magno Zombie Head Green
in 7 collections
These zombie heads have cracked skin, strands of hair hanging down over the forehead, an exposed nose cavity, and an extended tongue lolling out in front. Each mug has removeable eyes and ears and are magnetized so that they can be taken on and off. This is the green version. There is also a brown.
The Jungle Bites
in 0 collections
A Tiki mug with a leaf shaped nose and leafy crown. Horizontal stripes under eyes. This is a hand-built mug.