Tiki Mugs
Bottoms Up Jiggling Nudie Mug
aka Bottoms Up Nodder Mug in 5 collections
This is a handled mug showing the back of a black haired nude wahine. Mug is airbrushed and has a wood grain. The wahine's bum is on brass hinges and jiggles back and forth with lettering that reads: "Bottoms Up". The bottom of the mug is marked with a "G" in a wreath. This mark also occurs with the addition of "Japan" or "Occupied Japan". It is a Noritake contract mark for Giftcraft Importers of Toronto Canada in operation during the 50's and 60's. There is a matching mug showing the front of the wahine with breasts that jiggle and lettering along the side which reads: "Let 'Them' Swing".
Angst Tiki Salt & Pepper Shakers Blue/Green
in 2 collections
These shakers are manufactured by Chiki Tiki. The tiki has long legs and body and a small head. Head has small eyes and a defined figure-eight mouth.
Cassowary Bird Bowl
in 0 collections
This is a hand-built one of a kind "vertical bowl" shaped like a Cassowary Bird with a Papua New Guinea spirit board between its legs. Multi-colored glazed exterior. Sold March 3rd, 2013 at the Tonga Hut's Bowl-O-Rama Show.
High Octane Artist's Proof Edition
aka High Octane Super Limited Edition, High Octane with Gold Pipes in 6 collections
This green Tiki mug is wearing racing goggles and puffing on a cigar. Other details include racing checker patterns on front and back, and, most notably, twin racing pipes coated in gold glaze. The earlier edition had a platinum glaze on the pipes.
Kula Tiki Mug Emerald Green
in 6 collections
This tiki, designed by Squid, was the first of Tiki Farm's mugs to feature real metal earrings. Emerald green glazed tiki with wide, downturned mouth and large lidded eyes.
Da Big Kahuna In Waikiki Light Brown Test Glaze
in 0 collections
This mug was later manufactured as a production piece for Da Big Kahuna Bar & Restaurant in Waikiki. The mug features a full body Ku with a dogbone shaped mouth. Overall light brown glaze with dark brown and red details. As a test glaze piece, the glaze colors are slightly different from the chosen production pieces.
Handled Lucky Tiki Mug from Lion Country Safari
in 2 collections
This brown matte mug with black bottom rim was apparently produced for the tourist trade. The mug depicts Ku with a fierce face and upturned chin. These mugs have been found with a tag that reads "Lucky Tiki Idol." This version is marked "Lion Country Safari".
Hab-i-tudes Tiki-Maui Lantern in Jordan Blue
in 3 collections
This is a stoneware Tiki lantern with a metal hanger/handle. The mouth, eyes, bottom, and a diamond 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 Jordan Blue which is a sort of blue rutile glaze that has brown highlights. Designed by David Bishop.
Native Wahine Hiball
in 1 collection
This hiball shaped mug is glazed white with a multi-colored native wahine in grass skirt standing bashfully with her hands behind her back. It is one in a set of six different figural mugs. Many were marked from Alex Ceramics Studio in Van Nuys, California on the bottom.
Horned Native Hiball
in 1 collection
This hiball shaped mug is glazed white with a multi-colored horned native male standing in his loincloth and with a rattle in one hand and a bone necklace around his neck. It is one in a set of six different figural mugs. Many were marked from Alex Ceramics Studio in Van Nuys, California on the bottom.
Oceanic Arts Cobra Mug Modern
in 6 collections
This green mug was designed by Oceanic Arts. It is shaped like a coiled cobra. When the mugs were originally produced, they were not a big seller. Bob Van Oosting recalls marking them down to 39 cents to clear them out. The molds then went into storage in the 1980's but, due to requests, Oceanic Arts commissioned a new run of 100 mugs in the original green glaze and 10 in an antiqued finish. These new 2013 runs were produced by Danny Gallardo (Tiki Diablo).
Oceanic Arts Cobra Mug Antiqued Modern
in 3 collections
This green mug was designed by Oceanic Arts. It is shaped like a coiled cobra. When the mugs were originally produced, they were not a big seller. Bob Van Oosting recalls marking them down to 39 cents to clear them out. The molds then went into storage in the 1980's but, due to requests, Oceanic Arts commissioned a new run of 100 mugs in the original green glaze and 10 in an antiqued finish. These new 2013 runs were produced by Danny Gallardo (Tiki Diablo).