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This blue marquesan style tiki with round eyes is part of a set of four from Tiki Farm, the others in the set are a purple lono, green rarotongan and a yellow moai.

Distinguishing characteristics:

Have two, one has chip on back lip

Pooch and Star's description:

Thrift store

Pooch and Star's description:

We have Red version, got from Mug Crate

Distinguishing characteristics:

I have the red version

This is a pointed eared monster fink mug. He has two holes on the top of his head that make "antennas" when straws are inserted. Regular edition mugs vary in glaze color. This is a super limited edition of 25 in gold glaze.

A mug shaped like the head of a Maori Warrior with moko tattooing on face and red tongue extended. A black dangling earring in each ear. Hair pulled back in topknot on reverse. A first edition in gloss brown was issued in 2014.

This is a mug shaped like Kelly Merrell, a bartender at Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar in Anaheim, CA. The mug depicts Kelly in his straw hat, with glasses, and pouring a cocktail from a shaker tin into a tiki mug. The regular edition of 200 was limited to 2 mugs per person. This is an artist proof, and, as such, will differ in glaze color and detail.

This mug is a riff on the original Mr. Bali Hai, the mascot for the Bali Hai Restaurant in San Diego, and is a mash-up between Mr. Bali Hai and the Creature From The Black Lagoon. The theme of this year's Tiki Oasis was "Monster Island" with a look back at classic movie monsters including the Creature, Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman and many more. Originally, this was a limited run of 350 which sold out by the event. Additionally, the event hosts and Eekum Bookum decided to take mail-orders for further mugs at the event (100 more?) to be shipped out no later than October 29th, for a grand total of 450 mugs. This is the first time Oasis has ever arranged for extra mugs to be made post-event. These mugs are labeled "AE" on bottom for "After Event".

From Smuggler's Cove Instagram: First envisioned back in 2011 as a painting by MP, we began discussions to bring it to life for Smuggler’s Cove many years ago and we're so happy with the results! A true celebration of San Francisco’s greatest tiki icons, the Suffering Bob mug marries Trader Vic’s Suffering Bastard (aka Mai Tai Joe) with Bob Bryant and Alec Yuill-Thornton’s Tiki Bob. Sculpted and produced in California by MP, Suffering Bob stands (squats?) a mighty 9.5” high and is finished in a color matched body with a white antiqued crackle glaze on the face. Smuggler’s Cove SC logo and San Francisco on the back complete this tribute in a signed and numbered limited edition of 100 for $200 ea. ON SALE TUESDAY, MAY 26th at 10AM PDT ONLINE ONLY at the SC website store

This white tiki mug from Munktiki has very simple lines, with just the suggestion of eyes with a strong browbone, a blocky nose, and a rectangular mouth. Horns jut out from the sides of the mug. Marked "El Bastardo".

VanTiki's Description:

Take a deep draught from the Monkey Cup, adventurer - you have crossed many miles of jungle to get here, and this elixir is your reward!

Discovered deep within the rainforests of VanTiki Island, this ancient chalice sports the skull of an extinct and heretofore unknown monkey. When sipping from this ancient vessel, you are sure to note the curious rattle emanating from the simian cranium. Locals say the sound is the rustling spirits of those who drank too deeply from the chalice. Others posit that a small forest spirit has been trapped within the bone by a long dead kahuna. Adventurer, we leave it to you to find out the true source of the sound. I imagine it will take plenty of, ahem, intoxicating research.

The Monkey Cup stands 4.5 inches tall, and the upper bowl is 5.5 inches in diameter. It will hold just shy of 12 ounces of fluid. This musical mug has several ceramic beads cunningly tucked into the skull chamber, and emits a rattle when used. Made entirely by us, by hand, in our Eugene Oregon studio using only food safe glazes. Marked with the edition number on the base.

Mug is a bust of a female skin diver in a bikini with dive mask and snorkel. Legend has it that this Diver Girl is the long-lost love of Diver Duke (who is represented by the Reef’s Diver Helmet mug). Also released in orange.

Shaped like a lava lamp with a skull in the "lava". Designed and produced by VanTiki.

There was a presale for the first 200 mugs in the edition of 250.

The edition works like this: #1-200: glitter sparkle glaze top & bottom, half in magma orange, half in sulfuric green (at random) 201-250 (early 2021 release): white top & bottom, half magma orange, half sulfuric green (at random)

This is a mug shaped like the head of a snarling King Kong. These were made in several glaze color combinations. King Kong is a giant movie monster, resembling an enormous gorilla, that has appeared in various media since 1933.

This is a red and black glazed standing tiki figure with devilish features, including sharp teeth, a long forked tongue, horns, and cloven hooves. It is standing on sort of a volcanic base. Measures 11 inches high and holds over a liter. "Hades Hula House Semaphore" on reverse. This was a collaborative effort between Wild tHing Creations, Big Toe, and Odd Rodney. Only 127 produced.

The Feejee Mermaid was produced by Munktiki. The design is based on an old PT Barnum hoax in which the head and torso of a monkey was attached to the tail of a fish. For this edition, the arm placement and color varies from mug to mug.

Stretch Crab is a crab shaped limited edition mug. This edition was produced in two color choices (red and blue). A Super Limited Edition was also released.

Ceramic_Panic's description:

Edition of 40

This is a mug shaped like a cat playing a circular synthesizer keyboard and wearing the signature Devo red energy dome hat. The mug is glazed in a matte wipe-away black, leaving the cat and keyboard in a gray color with details picked out in black left in recesses of sculpt. Hat is gloss red. The American new wave band Devo has often worn this red, terraced energy dome as part of its stage outfit. Mug was released at the 1st Anniversary Event at TikiCat bar in Kansas City, MO, on April 14, 2018.

Ceramic_Panic's description:

Gold SLTD

Ceramic_Panic's description:

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In the 1990s, archeologists in Mexico City unearthed a 500-year-old skeleton near an ancient Aztec temple - a victim of human sacrifice. Perhaps even more chilling was what the beheaded skeleton was holding: two small whistles, one in the shape of a skull. When a researcher blew into one of the tiny instruments, the horrifying sounds that emerged immediately captivated imaginations. One scholar described the noise as a shriek of death. The dreadful, high-pitched sound of the whistle is perhaps most comparable to a human scream. The true purpose of these artifacts has baffled experts. Were they used to terrorize enemies in warfare? Were they used to induce trances as part of healing rituals? Perhaps they were used in the ritual of human sacrifice? Nobody knows. This is the limited edition glazed version of this mug design.

Ceramic_Panic's description:

AP 1

This is a stacked totem-like mug with a skull at base (spider on side of skull), a cat head in middle, and a bat head at top. Back features three melting/dripping candles and runic writing. Each of the 25 in the Super Limited Edition has a slightly different glaze combination. This is the Limited Edition in white with black wipe-away to pick out details of sculpt. There is also a light blue and white Limited Edition. There are 100 Limited mugs total split between the 2 colors.

This mug was inspired by Duke Kahanamoku, King Kamehameha, and the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau. From the sale of each mug, twenty dollars was donated to Hawaii H.O.M.E project who help homeless people in Hawaii get medical care(http://www.hawaiihomeproject.org/).

A severed head mug sold exclusively on location at The Reef tiki bar in Palm Springs, California. The head wears a yellow pitch 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. The first 100 mugs of this open edition was released on October 1, 2020 and immediately sold out. A delicious libation was created for this mug by The Reef’s Cameron Robbins, called “Wildsville’s Wrong Turn”.

A green bowl supported by three tiki poles and featuring two anthropomorphized volcanoes that have fallen in love. Designed by Tahiti Gil and sculpted & manufactured by Tiki Diablo. This bowl was inspired by the short film, Lava. Lava is a 2014 American computer-animated musical short film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Directed by James Ford Murphy and produced by Andrea Warren, it was theatrically released alongside Pixar's Inside Out on June 19, 2015. The plot takes place on a tropical island in the Pacific Ocean, where a lonely volcano named Uku watches the wildlife creatures frolic with their mates and hopes to find one of his own. He sings a song to the ocean each day for thousands of years, gradually venting his lava and sinking into the water, but does not realize that an undersea volcano named Lele has heard him every day and has fallen in love with him. She emerges on the day that Uku becomes extinct, but her face is turned away and she cannot see him. Uku sinks fully into the ocean, heartbroken, but revives when he hears Lele singing his song to him. His fires re-ignited, he erupts back to the surface, this time right next to Lele, and the two form a single island where they are happy together.

A mug with the body of a striking cobra and the face of a fanged human skull. The regular Limited Edition was sold in "King Cobra" (Brown & Beige) and "King Snake" (Green). This is the Super Limited Edition sold in Pearlescent White and Black.

The Forbidden Sub mug depicts a gray submarine lifted out of the churning ocean depths by a huge orange tentacle. Labeled with the “Forbidden Island” logo on one side, this mug measures 8″ wide by 4″ tall and has a capacity of 18-20 oz. A recipe card for a cocktail named "Infinite Coastline" is included with the mug. The mug went on sale Monday, September 7th, at 12:00pm PST and was limited to two mugs per person. Limited to a run of 500 pieces.

The 2020 Tiki Oasis Mug is titled “Tiki Oasis Paradise Point Takeover” and is inspired by the grounds, architecture, and locale of Paradise Point Resort. Tiki Oasis’ Paradise Point mug features tikis from Caliente Tropics (Palm Springs) and the Hanalei Hotel (San Diego), where Tiki Oasis took place previously. The mug has a removable “hut” lid featuring a straw hole. Imagery featured on the mug includes tiki torches, palm trees, birds of paradise, coconuts, a rum box, and a peacock. There is also a fire feature/well for 151 high proof alcohol (or lemon extract) on the front of the mug, just below a Tiki Oasis logo.

The 2020 Tiki Oasis Mug is titled “Tiki Oasis Paradise Point Takeover” and is inspired by the grounds, architecture, and locale of Paradise Point Resort. Tiki Oasis’ Paradise Point mug features tikis from Caliente Tropics (Palm Springs) and the Hanalei Hotel (San Diego), where Tiki Oasis took place previously. The mug has a removable “hut” lid featuring a straw hole. Imagery featured on the mug includes tiki torches, palm trees, birds of paradise, coconuts, a rum box, and a peacock. There is also a fire feature/well for 151 high proof alcohol (or lemon extract) on the front of the mug, just below a Tiki Oasis logo.

BeachBumz,Tikipop's description:

#32

This mug from Orchids of Hawaii has a very similar design to the mug produced by Otagiri using the Kona Kai logo tiki. Brown, Maori-style tiki with lined face, hands meeting with fingertips touching.

This peanut-like tiki is tan and unglazed, with brown glazed top and bottom rims and interior. Tiki has a toothy grimace and hands are clasped, back is marked "Kon-Tiki" vertically, with "Cleveland Ohio" underneath. Marked "Designed by S Crane" on bottom.

This peanut-like tiki is tan and unglazed, with brown glazed top and bottom rims and interior. Tiki has a toothy grimace and hands are clasped, back is marked "Kon-Tiki Ports" vertically, with "Chicago-Boston" underneath. Marked "Designed by S Crane" on bottom.

This Ku mug is unglazed tan, with a brown glazed rim and interior. Marked "Kon Tiki Ports Chicago-Boston" on back.

These Bongo Roas by Tiki Diablo are about 5 inches high and almost 8 inches across. Tiki faces are incised into the sides with rounded circles for both eyes and mouths. There is a flow-through on the bottom between the two sides. Available in different glaze combinations (matte jade & rusty tan, etc ).

Distinguishing characteristics:

Some crazing in the white areas

This brown mug was designed by Squid and manufactured by Tiki Farm for the Royal Hawaiian restaurant in Laguna Beach, CA. The mug has a palm texture and is a tiki bust. The tiki has closed, football-shaped eyes, a stubby nose and an open mouth full of teeth.

This tiki was designed by Jungle Trader to celebrate Minnie's Restaurant in Modesto, California. Similar design to Jungle Trader's Pika Kewalaka mug. The mug has a brown metallic glaze, and is marked "Minnie's" on the back in sideways recessed letters.

Distinguishing characteristics:

Has crazing, a flea bite chip on top and a small chipped crack on the back.

This is a volcano shaped mug with a Tiki face. Glazed in brown with red lava spilling over the brow from its interior.

Tahi is number one of four Maori mug stackers from Munktiki. Tahi has one long brow over his round protruding eyes. His mouth is shaped like two triangles with their points meeting in the center.

Distinguishing characteristics:

Has signed and numbered card

This brown mug was designed and manufactured by Gecko. The mug is shaped liked two Marquesan tikis, one on top of the other.

Custom mug for the Breakers Roar Tiki Bar. The lion motif is designed to match the hardware holding the bar rail to the bar. Breakers Roar is a nautical Caribbean Tiki Bar located on the waterfront of Christiansted, St Croix USVI. It opened in 2020. Located in the Historic King Christian Hotel.

This is a mug shaped like a large grinning Tiki holding a beautiful little mermaid with a lei around her neck and a flower in her hair. Hand painted details, including red hearts and green fish designs on Tiki as well.

Mike's description:

#55/125

This is a mug shaped like a Tiki with diamond (rhinestone) eyes on front and a Tiki holding a diamond on back. Given out at the 60th Anniversary Celebration Tahitian Terrace Diamond Luau. Mug design by Marcus Gonzalez. Available in two different glazes -- this mottled dark blue version and a light blue version. The light blue one was limited to one per ticket holder for the event and came in the swag bag. The mottled dark blue one was available for open sale during the event and afterwards at Trader Sam's. The artist was available at the event to sign mugs in silver pen.

This brown mug is similar to the vintage Vicious Virgin mug manufactured by OMC for the Islander Restaurant and to other vintage versions of the same design. The mug is a simple female form. She is nude with shoulder-length hair. Medium brown glaze with dark brown highlights. Her hands meet at her stomach. Unlike the vintage versions, this mug has tikified hands, a flower in her hair, and a more pronounced wood grain effect. Released Saturday November 19th, 2011 at Don the Beachcomber. Second color-way edition of this mug released in 2012 in green. Third color-ways (red, orange, and blue) released in 2016.

This is a mug shaped like a skull-like cyclops head with maori moko tattoos. Available in both a "Ghastly Green" and black. There is a sort of horn or breathing spout on forehead that might serve as either a straw hole or as a sort of pour spout.

Mike's description:

#27/100