Tiki Mugs
Body Glove Shark Tiki Mug
in 20 collections
A mug shaped like a Shark-like version of a standing Tiki with sharp teeth and round eyes. Brown wipe-away glaze used to show details of sculpt. This mug was created for the Body Glove 60th Anniversary and was based on the Shark Tiki in "The Body Glove Sea Creature" (a painting by Brad Parker) which was in turn inspired by "The Disappearance" (a short film by Greg Browning). Each mug comes with signed card from Brad Parker. Part of a set of three mugs, including the Body Glove Sea Creature Mug and the Body Glove 60th Anniversary Tiki Mug. Set of three mugs was limited to 100 signed with cards, although full edition run for each individual mug was considerably higher.
Body Glove 60th Anniversary Tiki Mug
in 19 collections
A mug shaped like a standing Tiki with flared nostrils and a skull on its forehead. Brown wipe-away glaze used to show details of sculpt. This mug was created for the Body Glove 60th Anniversary and was based on the Tiki in "The Body Glove Sea Creature" (a painting by Brad Parker) which was in turn inspired by "The Disappearance" (a short film by Greg Browning). Each mug comes with signed card from Brad Parker. Part of a set of three mugs, including the Body Glove Sea Creature Mug and the Body Glove Shark Tiki Mug. Set of three mugs was limited to 100 signed with cards, although full edition run for each individual mug was considerably higher.
Kog
aka Steampunk Tiki Mug in 14 collections
Kog is from Tiki Farm's "Liquid Lowbrow" product line. Kog was the 2nd place finisher in the Tiki Mug Design & Talent Search and was the first ever design submitted in sculpture form. Created by Daniel Scarcello, Kog is the first ever Steampunk themed Tiki mug. Kog is glazed in gold and sports platinum glazed goggle lenses and a platinum plate on the back where earlier in his life, he met with some trouble.
Pingo
in 13 collections
This is a mug with a smiling Papua New Guinea styled Tiki mask on the front and a bird peeking through foliage on the reverse.
Hahrangi Maka
aka Notch Maori Mug in 5 collections
This is a Maori influenced Tiki mug with long pointed tongue and hands clasped over belly. Twelve one-off test glazed versions were first sold at Tiki Oasis 10, 2010, in San Diego. However, this version is one of the several mini runs of 2 or 3 or 5 in each color which were sold later, at Tiki Oasis 2013. For the later runs, the number is written on the bottom and they do not have the paua shell eyes used on the Test Glaze version.
Blow Turtle
in 9 collections
This is a mug shaped like a cross between a blowfish and a sea turtle. Blow Turtle, also known as "Kappa de Fugu" in Japan, was born in the radioactive waters off the shores of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The image was sculpted from a sketch by an anonymous fisherman. Believed to be a nuclear hybrid, Blow Turtle is depicted 1000 times its normal size. In reality, they are not much bigger than sea monkeys and are very hard to detect except for the rare occasion when they swarm upwards into the Quadrillions.
Mahalo Tiki Logo Mug Blue
in 2 collections
This is a mug shaped like a Tiki head with a heavy arching brow line, a bow-shaped grinning mouth lined with teeth, and almond-shaped eyes. It is the logo Tiki for Mahalo Tiki and is a high fire mug with a blue glaze that fades in rutile fashion from lighter at top to darker at bottom. There is also a blue & green second color way of this design.
Billy Bob Jug
in 4 collections
This is a hulabilly themed item sold during the Tiki Oasis 2013 event. It is shaped like a handled whiskey jug with a Tiki Bob face, a corn cob pipe clenched in its mouth, and a cork on top. Initialed and numbered on bottom.
Matango Ceramic Sculpture
aka Yakimon Fungus Man Statue in 2 collections
This is a ceramic sculpture from Munktiki's Yakimon line. The character of Matango is from a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu movie. It was directed by Ishirō Honda, and written by Takeshi Kimura based on the story "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson. The movie has developed a cult audience over the years, partly due to its bleakness and unusual themes, particularly when compared to other Japanese fantasy and science fiction films of the same period
Kundu Pai Drum Mug Artist Proof
aka Kundu Pai Drum Mug AP in 1 collection
This is a mug shaped like a drum with skin stretched out and laced over the top. Artist proofs vary in glaze color and detail.
Matango Boy Ceramic Sculpture
aka Yakimon Fungus Boy Statue in 1 collection
This is a ceramic sculpture from Munktiki's Yakimon line shaped like a boy transforming into a Matango fungus creature. The character of Matango is from a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu movie. It was directed by Ishirō Honda, and written by Takeshi Kimura based on the story "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson. The movie has developed a cult audience over the years, partly due to its bleakness and unusual themes, particularly when compared to other Japanese fantasy and science fiction films of the same period
Surfah Native Ceramic Sculpture
aka Surfah Native Statue, Marc Bellaire Style Native Statue in 1 collection
A stylized figure of a man wearing a simple tapa patterned wrap around his waist. This sculpture is based on the 1956 original made by Marc Bellaire (protege and partner of Sascha Brastoff). Bellaire did a series of similar figures (kane/man, wahine/woman, keiki/boy). Originals can be seen pictured in Sven Kirsten's Tiki Modern, page 28.