Tiki Mugs
Tangata Manu
aka Easter Island Birdman in 5 collections
This is a mug shaped like an Easter Island Birdman. One of the most famous motifs on Easter Island is that of the Birdman, a therianthropic figure, half man and half bird. Over time, Moai statue making appears to have ceased, and the birdman cult came into being, reflecting a change from ancestor worship to a religion based around a new warrior class. Those who won the birdman contest were imbued with status and spiritual authority – able to act as intermediaries to the spirit realm. The most sacred area at Orongo is called Mata Ngarau, where priests chanted and prayed for success in the annual egg hunt. The purpose of the birdman contest was to obtain the first egg of the season from the offshore islet Motu Nui. Contestants descended the sheer cliffs of Orongo and swam to Motu Nui where they awaited the coming of the birds. Having procured an egg, the contestant swam back and presented it to his sponsor, who then was declared birdman for that year.
The Desert Oasis Room One Year Anniversary Tanduay Rum Tiki Mug Driftwood Brown
aka The Desert Oasis Room Podcast One Year Anniversary Tiki Mug Brown in 8 collections
This mug is part of a set of three based on a trio of Milan Guanko tikis that once stood for many years at Hobby City in Anaheim, CA. Each mug promotes one of the sponsors of the Desert Oasis Room podcast by Adrian Eustaquio. This is the tallest of the mugs and has "L-Shaped" eyes and crossed arms at bottom. It was released at the Desert Oasis Room's One Year Anniversary party held at the Tiki-Ti. Comes in a "Driftwood Brown" and a "Scrimshaw Bone" white glaze as well.
Make Mine A MAI-TAI Bucket Mug in Blue
in 1 collection
A bucket shaped mug with the words "Make Mine A Mai-Tai". The top and bottom rim patterning is designed to look like a piece of traditional Tapa cloth. First premiered in a light oatmeal beige or sand-colored glaze and then in other colors, including this blue glazed version.
Eekum Bookum Kava Kava Moai Wedding Set Bride
in 8 collections
This is a mug shaped like a standing female Moai Kava Kava figure with boney body, boney chest, and long ears with earrings, but with head shaped like that of a stone moai. Glazed in sandy white.
Three Dots and a Dash Rum Barrel Mug Gloss Brown with Gray Bands
aka Three Dots and a Dash Rum Barrel Mug Second Edition in 13 collections
This mug is shaped like a rum barrel and is marked for "Three Dots and a Dash, Chicago." It is glazed in a gloss brown with gray hoop bands. The first edition was a darker matte or perhaps satin brown and without gray bands.
Frankie's Tiki Oasis Home Bar Glass
aka Frankie's Tiki Oasis Frankenstein Home Bar Glass in 2 collections
This is a double-sided loball glass featuring Frankenstein's head, palm trees, and tombstones. Design by El Nova. Frankie's Tiki Oasis is the home bar of Jorge & Liz Romero. It has a classic movie monster horror theme combined with tiki as well. Frankenstein, the Creature, Dracula and other figures are well represented in artwork, mug designs, and other bar details.
The Black Lagoon Room Home Bar Glass
in 4 collections
This is a loball glass featuring the Creature From The Black Lagoon's hand holding a tropical cocktail. The Black Lagoon Room is the home bar of Pete Klockau and Katie Monachos. The glass design is also by Pete. Their bar is located within a 1953 MCM Frank Loyd Wright-acolyte designed split level on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Woody Miller Big Eyed Tourist Tiki Mug
in 1 collection
This is a mug shaped like a tourist style Tiki with huge eyes. It is his second design based on a vintage tourist piece, after the Tioti mug. The eyes take up the upper third and have a repeated indented pattern around their outer edge (like a pie crust). Extreme v-shaped brow and a tiny nose. Come in several glaze colors.
Tiki tOny Tonga Hut Double Old Fashioned Glass Turquoise Green
aka Tiki tOny Tonga Hut Bucket Glass Turquoise Green, Tiki tOny Tonga Hut Mai Tai Glass Turquoise Green in 4 collections
This is a glass with the Tonga Hut "Big Mo" Moai on front, large Drooling Bastard image on side, and smaller Drooling Bastard images on reverse. It comes in two colorways: a turquoise green version and a purple version.
Native's Foot Mug
in 10 collections
This is a mug shaped like a man's severed left foot covered with Tahitian tattoos and the broken bones sticking up out of the interior. It has a glossy light brown glaze on exterior. Interior is red. Left side features a sea turtle tattoo and right side features a round Tahitian Tiki face, among other designs. The Reef in Palm Springs featured this same design in a different glaze with their marking (minus the bones on interior).
Westin Bonaventure California Mug
in 1 collection
This mug is shaped like the state of California and also features a graphic of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on the front. On one side is a road map of California and the other side features 5 bulleted facts about California. The back has a handle. The Westin Bonaventure Hotel is a 367-foot (112 m), 35-story hotel in Los Angeles, California, constructed between 1974 and 1976. Designed by architect John C. Portman, Jr., it is the largest hotel in the city. The Westin is home to the "revolving BonaVista Lounge where you can enjoy a Mai Tai and a 360-degree view of Los Angeles from the 34th floor."
Ku-kaili-moku in Golden Brown
aka Ku-kaili-moku Large in 4 collections
"Ku-kaili-moku” (“Snatcher of the Land”) stands proud with his Hawaiian shark tooth war club and trophy skull in hand. The reverse of the mug features the same imposing war club. Issued in a large Golden Brown glaze version and a small Emerald Green glaze version.