A mug based on Martin Denny's 1958 Primitiva album cover featuring Sandy Warner with a set of hands to complete the cover image.

Sandy Warner was an actress and singer, but will always be most famous as the face of Exotica.

It's fair to say Sandy Warner is the second-most famous album cover model of the vinyl era, behind Dolores Erickson, Herb Alpert's "Whipped Cream Girl."

Sometimes on the albums, Sandy has her long brown hair pulled back, sometimes she’s bleach-blonde and positioned against a wall with African idols, but she’s always tempting the listener with those almond-shaped eyes to escape modern American life and take a trip with her to somewhere exotic. Warner appeared on 16 Martin Denny LP covers, and while she had a minor career beyond her appearances as a tiki icon, it's these photos that defined her career and created a cult following that still exists today.

*This Second Edition mug was preceded by an almost identical first edition without a set of ceramic hands to set in front, cupping water, like on the Primitiva album cover.

A mug based on Martin Denny's 1958 Primitiva album cover featuring Sandy Warner.

Sandy Warner was an actress and singer, but will always be most famous as the face of Exotica.

It's fair to say Sandy Warner is the second-most famous album cover model of the vinyl era, behind Dolores Erickson, Herb Alpert's "Whipped Cream Girl."

Sometimes on the albums, Sandy has her long brown hair pulled back, sometimes she’s bleach-blonde and positioned against a wall with African idols, but she’s always tempting the listener with those almond-shaped eyes to escape modern American life and take a trip with her to somewhere exotic. Warner appeared on 16 Martin Denny LP covers, and while she had a minor career beyond her appearances as a tiki icon, it's these photos that defined her career and created a cult following that still exists today.

*This First Edition mug was followed by an almost identical second edition that also came with a set of ceramic hands to set in front, cupping water, like on the Primitiva album cover.

From TikiLand Trading Co.:

"There are only 11 of the black with blue interior, the Mariana color way. We found a super limited quantity of this vintage Bermuda Blue Swarovski Crystal, and wanted to do a run of mugs just for the eyes, which is why it’s very limited."

From Jeff Granito:

"Hiwa Sheba, produced by TikiLand Trading Co. It was Inspired by the black tiki idols with rhinestone eyes that I would collect as a kid in Hawaii. I wanted to play with the idea of good and bad luck associated with black cats, so one side signifies bad luck (look for the number 13 hidden in there) and good luck on the reverse side (with a happy face and a four leaf clover tag)."

The mug holds approximately 24 ounces, is 9.75” tall, and has a nice solid weight of 1.9 lbs.

From TikLand Trading Company:

"Dropping Friday morning 2/2 to TikiLand Mug Society Members (keep an eye on your email) and Saturday for everyone else.

Sunset (orange) is also a limited release and we have around 30 of them."

From Jeff Granito:

"Hiwa Sheba, produced by TikiLand Trading Co. It was Inspired by the black tiki idols with rhinestone eyes that I would collect as a kid in Hawaii. I wanted to play with the idea of good and bad luck associated with black cats, so one side signifies bad luck (look for the number 13 hidden in there) and good luck on the reverse side (with a happy face and a four leaf clover tag)."

The mug holds approximately 24 ounces, is 9.75” tall, and has a nice solid weight of 1.9 lbs.

From TikiLand Trading Company:

"Dropping Friday morning 2/2 to TikiLand Mug Society Members (keep an eye on your email) and Saturday for everyone else. We have around 80 Cosmic (black with the metallic/iridescent effect)."

From Jeff Granito:

"Hiwa Sheba, produced by TikiLand Trading Co. It was Inspired by the black tiki idols with rhinestone eyes that I would collect as a kid in Hawaii. I wanted to play with the idea of good and bad luck associated with black cats, so one side signifies bad luck (look for the number 13 hidden in there) and good luck on the reverse side (with a happy face and a four leaf clover tag)."

The mug holds approximately 24 ounces, is 9.75” tall, and has a nice solid weight of 1.9 lbs.

This is the bone (off-white) mug from a commemorative 4-tiki-mug set originally released at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender #21 in 2018. This tiki mug has a larger nose. The set was comprised of 4 mug designs, each in a single color glaze (blue, red, black, and off-white). The set came in a display cardboard packaging.

*NOTE: These mug designs are basically new color-ways of the boxed Accoutrements Ceramic TIKI Mug Party Pack from 2001 -- and the green Jake, purple Big Al, yellow Lenny, and blue Artie correspond with the red, black, blue, and off-white mugs in the 2018 boxed set, although there are slight differences as though they might have been re-sculpted and re-molded.

This is the black mug from a commemorative 4-tiki-mug set originally released at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender #21 in 2018. This tiki mug has a simple stylized design. The set was comprised of 4 mug designs, each in a single color glaze (blue, red, black, and off-white). The set came in a display cardboard packaging.

*NOTE: These mug designs are basically new color-ways of the boxed Accoutrements Ceramic TIKI Mug Party Pack from 2001 -- and the green Jake, purple Big Al, yellow Lenny, and blue Artie correspond with the red, black, blue, and off-white mugs in the 2018 boxed set, although there are slight differences as though they might have been re-sculpted and re-molded.

This is the red mug from a commemorative 4-tiki-mug set originally released at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender #21 in 2018. This tiki mug has wide open eyes and a mouth full of jagged teeth.

The set was comprised of 4 mug designs, each in a single color glaze (blue, red, black, and off-white). The set came in a display cardboard packaging.

*NOTE: These mug designs are basically new color-ways of the boxed Accoutrements Ceramic TIKI Mug Party Pack from 2001 -- and the green Jake, purple Big Al, yellow Lenny, and blue Artie correspond with the red, black, blue, and off-white mugs in the 2018 boxed set, although there are slight differences as though they might have been re-sculpted and re-molded.

This is the blue mug from a commemorative 4-tiki-mug set originally released at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender #21 in 2018. This tiki mug has a wide mouth full of jagged teeth.

The set was comprised of 4 mug designs, each in a single color glaze (blue, red, black, and off-white). The set came in a display cardboard packaging.

*NOTE: These mug designs are basically new color-ways of the boxed Accoutrements Ceramic TIKI Mug Party Pack from 2001 -- and the green Jake, purple Big Al, yellow Lenny, and blue Artie correspond with the red, black, blue, and off-white mugs in the 2018 boxed set, although there are slight differences as though they might have been re-sculpted and re-molded.

From TikiLand Trading Co.:

"Hiwa Sheba “Lava Flow” is an edition of 60 tiki mugs with the choice of vintage Swarovski crystals eyes in colors Aurora Borealis or Heliotrope, and are signed by Jeff Granito. These sold out earlier today to TikiLand Mug Society members. We didn’t know it would be so popular and thought we’d have some available to sell in a general on sale. Looks like we should have made more. Mahalo to everyone for your interest and support on this one."

From Jeff Granito:

"Hiwa Sheba, produced by TikiLand Trading Co. It was Inspired by the black tiki idols with rhinestone eyes that I would collect as a kid in Hawaii. I wanted to play with the idea of good and bad luck associated with black cats, so one side signifies bad luck (look for the number 13 hidden in there) and good luck on the reverse side (with a happy face and a four leaf clover tag)."

The mug holds approximately 24 ounces, is 9.75” tall, and has a nice solid weight of 1.9 lbs.

*Not to be confused with the Hiwa Sheba First Edition that has a black exterior as well as a black interior.

This is a mug shaped like an upside down pineapple with a feminine Tiki Bob style face. The name is a knowing nod to the (possibly urban legend) use of upside down pineapples to signify that someone is a "swinger" and indulges in casual sex parties.

From Eekum Bookum:

"I’ll be releasing my upside-down pineapple Bob inspired mug that I named 'The Swinger' next Saturday 25 June in Palm Springs Ca. It’s the weekend of Mucho Caliente and Rory has me scheduled for 5 pm right before yacht rock. I’ll have 50 of these beauties with me for that weekend."

A severed head mug sold exclusively on location at The Reef tiki bar in Palm Springs, California. The head wears an orange pith helmet decorated with a small tiki on front. The mug is made to look like Rory Snyder, owner of The Reef, who is also good friends with John Mulder of Eekum Bookum.

A delicious libation was created for this mug by The Reef’s Cameron Robbins, called “Wildsville’s Wrong Turn”.

This design was first issued with a yellow pith helmet, and other color-ways soon followed.