Tiki Mugs
KapuKeko in Purple & Green
aka The Forbidden Monkey in Purple & Green in 1 collection
This mug has a simian clenched-teeth Ku appearance and is perched upon a base decorated with repeated spirals. It was glazed in an assortment of colors, including this, with purple exterior and green interior.
Florida King Kamehameha Mug
in 1 collection
This mug has a matte brown finish with a three dimensional figure of King Kamehameha with cold painted cloak (red) and headdress (green). On the back are figures of an outrigger with sail, islands, and palm tree. It is marked "Florida" on the front.
Kon-Tiki Bronze Colored Table Top Lantern
aka Kon-Tiki Metal Candle Lamp with Shade in 3 collections
This is a bronze colored metal table lamp with glass chimney and shade. The design of this lamp is borrowed from Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki boat, which used the design of a South American sun god, Kon Tiki. It has a spring loaded candle mechanism. Very solid and heavy. Duke Carter says in his book, Tiki Quest, that: "I have seen these used at many bars, such as Hala Kahiki and the Honolulu in Virginia."
Trader Vic's Las Vegas Grand Opening Aloha Coconut
in 3 collections
This is a hand painted version of the common giveaway mug from Trader Vic's, a brown coconut with white interior, raised white letters saying "Aloha!" on the front, with raised white letters saying "Trader Vic's Since 1934" on the back. This version also has a cold-painted Tiki and "Grand Opening Las Vegas Est. Oct. '07" painted on side. Came in a wooden crate with logo on top and sealed with a "We're Getting Lei'd" sticker. Inside was hay and a Bahai card.
JerK Kustoms Hafenkneipe Cyco Skull in Brown & Dark Blue
in 1 collection
This is a mug shaped like a skull with no lower jaw. The design comes from Jan's favorite band, the Suicidal Tendencies. The mug has a brown exterior glaze and the interior is glazed in dark blue.
JerK Kustoms Cyco Skull Test Glaze
in 1 collection
This is a mug shaped like a skull with no lower jaw. The design comes from Jan's favorite band, the Suicidal Tendencies. Glaze color and details on test glaze pieces vary.
Toltec Column Figure Decanter Brown
in 2 collections
This decanter was a promotional item for a tequila company. Originally, it came with six ceramic shot glasses. These were made in both a green and a brown glaze. The decanter features a column figure -- one of four which would have supported the roof of the first chamber at the sanctuary of the Temple of Quetzalcóatl at Tula. In battle gear, this warrior holds an átlatl or dart launcher, carries darts in his left hand, bears a curved sword, and holds bags of copal, a kind of incense. On his chest he wears the stylized butterfly emblem of the Toltec.
Toltec Column Figure Decanter Green
in 2 collections
This decanter was a promotional item for a tequila company. Originally, it came with six ceramic shot glasses. These were made in both a green and a brown glaze. The decanter features a column figure -- one of four which would have supported the roof of the first chamber at the sanctuary of the Temple of Quetzalcóatl at Tula. In battle gear, this warrior holds an átlatl or dart launcher, carries darts in his left hand, bears a curved sword, and holds bags of copal, a kind of incense. On his chest he wears the stylized butterfly emblem of the Toltec.
Gecko Moai Statue
in 1 collection
This is a statue shaped like a Moai, showing head and torso with hands clasped over stomach. Standing on a rocky base. Versions of this statue may differ in glaze or detail or feature groupings of two or more Moai in various states of exposure.
Bali-Hai Painted Moai Mug
in 6 collections
This is the wider of the OMC painted-eyes moai. Streaky beige color, with painted eye details. "Bali-Hai, Northport, L.I., N.Y." in black on back.
Latitude 20° OMC Bug Eyed Moai
aka Otagiri Marquesan Moai in 5 collections
This mug by Otagiri was used at many restaurants, and is commonly called the Bug-Eyed Moai. This one is from Latitude 20°, Torrance, California. The mug is of a stylized moai, more narrow at the top, and having distinctive large, rounded eyeballs. The glaze is two-toned, with a beige overlaid with a darker streaky brown. The interior is white, base is white and concave.
JerK Kustoms Waha Nui Lagoon Blue/White
aka JerK Kustoms Big Mouth Blue/White in 1 collection
This version of WAHA NUI "the big mouth" has a blue exterior glaze and a white interior glaze. The mug is shaped like a Tiki head with a large crescent shaped smile lined with large squarish teeth.