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One of several runs of skulls with a limited edition of 25 for its particular color (green, pink, purple, yellow). This run features a textured black lava exterior with bits of red showing through from underneath. Tops cut away organically. Red gloss interior with yellow spatter.

Handled coffee-mug like variation on the Paul Marshall Products "peanut" design. Triangle design in top rim.

This is a shark-shaped mug, with arms, its mouth agape, rising up from blue waves. Grey/light blue glaze, white teeth with red details, blue gloss waves. In Hawaiian mythology, an Aumakua is a family god. Mano representing the Shark.

This is a mug featuring a stylized stereotypical Asian male face with a long mustache, commonly referred to as a Fu Manchu mug. Chinese symbols on the back side. There are two Otagiri Fu Manchus, this one has a slight indent at the chin near the base, almost giving it a pedestal, the other has sides that taper straight to the base.

Standard coconut mug, unlike other Trader Vic's coconuts, does not have "Aloha" marked on the side. Is marked "TRADER VIC" in a semicircle on bottom.

Short bowl with a pedestal, wood-grain-look brown ceramic, with four faces around the bowl with black eyes and red or white painted mouths.

Distinguishing characteristics:

Marked R-16 Orchids of Hawaii Japan on bottom.

This mug is designed to look like a bundle of bamboo sticks, with small clusters of leaves in relief. Glaze is yellow-brown. Marked "Orchids of Hawaii" "R-6" and "Japan" on bottom.

A ceramic tile with an eye inside a pyramid. Each is stamped on the back with the VanTiki studio mark and is notched for hanging. Glaze colors on each tile vary.

This brown mug from Munktiki is shaped like a shrunken head, with stitched eyes and mouth, and is marked "Tsantsa" on the back.

Distinguishing characteristics:

Prototype No “Tsantsa” writing on back of mug

This brown glazed mug is shaped like a full body ku tiki with massive abs and a skull balanced on both knees. Reverse is marked for the Royal Kona Resort Don The Beachcomber. Reverse also has has image of Don in his classic straw hat and holding a tiki mug. This mug celebrates the 113th birthday of Don the Beachcomber and went up for sale on his actual birthday, February 22nd. There was also a Limited Edition (limited to 113 pieces for the 113th birthday) that was signed and numbered (but glaze looks very similar to Open Edition in photos).

Orange version of the Dead Man’s Isle Tiki Mug.

This design is a revisiting of the earlier 2016 Circle Circle Stacker, which was just the tiki head, but this mug has given it a full body as well. The tiki head has a long narrow nose, small mouth, and circular patterns around face. He has a cape around his shoulders and wears a small pendant.

Original full body design with cape and pendant was issued in 2019 in a few color variations including an all black version for Black Friday 2019 and this orange version was for Halloween 2019.

Distinguishing characteristics:

Edition of 13 for October 2020

Ceramic_Panic's description:

Bloody Fugu

This is a mug shaped like a blue shrunken zombie head with black stitches. The Enchanted Tiki Bar First Edition and Grog Grotto Second Edition are close in appearance, but significantly different in size (Grog Grotto 2nd Edition is smaller, possibly as much as 15% shrinkage from original molds) and the Grog Grotto 2nd Edition is much more vibrant whereas the Enchanted Tiki Bar 1st Edition is more of a muted blue glaze. Designed by Tim Wollweber. Used to serve the Shrunken Zombie Head cocktail on the Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar menu, made with "reserve and aged rums, tropical juices, falernum and cinnamon".

This is a stacker mug shaped like the head of a chimpanzee/human hybrid. These mugs are sold "blind-boxed" with a variety of glaze combinations. Released in the Munktiki vending machine on 12/10/2011 at the Grasshut Gallery in Portland, OR.

This is a stacker mug shaped like a Tiki head with long narrow nose, small mouth, and circular patterns around face. Ten of these in black were released as a promotion on Black Friday 2016 but are included within the edition count of 100.

This tiki is one of a four-pack created by Accoutrements and sold through various retail outlets. This yellow tiki has a wide mouth full of jagged teeth. Marked "Accoutrements © 2001 China" on bottom.

This skull mug is one of Stuckie's creations, and has two holes in the top, a large one to put the drink in, and a small strawhole to suck it back out. Design is a flat skull with crossbones and lopsided eyesockets. Marked "Bones" on the back. This orange version was released for Halloween in 2006.

A large shrunken head vessel with hair pulled back in a top knot and 4 straw holes. As an artist proof, details and glaze colors vary.

This is a stacker mug shaped like a coconut monkey. These mugs are sold "blind-boxed" with a variety of glaze combinations/facial expressions. Released in the Munktiki vending machine at the Grasshut Gallery in Portland, OR.

This mug from Stuckie at Munktiki is of a brown moai head, with a yellow exposed brain lid.

This cylindrical mug was manufactured for Norwegian Cruise Lines. It features a large red bird sitting in a tree that encircles the whole mug.

This is a mug shaped like a tiki head with extended tongue and marked for the Honi Honi in Hong Kong, China. Brown exterior and red interior. Released May 2019.

This is a mug featuring a stylized stereotypical Asian male face with a long mustache, commonly referred to as a Fu Manchu mug.

This tiki mug was designed by Mr. G for Tiki Farm. The mug is rich brown, with a handle on the back, with red, slanted teardrop eyes, and white painted pointed teeth.

Similar to the more common bucket tiki design with three tikis, but this one was created by OMC only for Harvey's Lake Tahoe, and it features the Sneaky Tiki logo, and is printed with "Harvey's Lake Tahoe" on the side in a script font. There is also a more modern looking sans serif block font version without an apostrophe in the word "Harvey's". OMC sticker on bottom.

This brown tiki mug was manufactured by Tiki Farm in 2005 and was meant to accompany a compilation CD called Ultimate Luau Tunes. It is shaped like Ku and is playing a drum. The same design was later released in green and called Ku-Konga.

This tiki is one of a four-pack created by Accoutrements and sold through various retail outlets. This green tiki has open eyes and a mouth full of jagged teeth. Marked "Accoutrements © 2001 China" on bottom.

This mug is very similar to the OOH R-1 mug. It has the Maori moko all over its face and reads "Aloha" on the front base.

This mug is shaped like a parrot, and is red with a black base. Also available in green, yellow and blue.

This mug is shaped like a parrot, and is yellow. Also available in green, red and blue.

This mug is shaped like a parrot, and is green. Also available in red, yellow and blue.

Ceramic_Panic's description:

Number 1 of 6

Palembei was designed and produced by Falin Minoru (aka Tiki Kaimuki). It was influenced by the art of the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea. The tiki has round protruding eyes set in deep sockets, a large open mouth and a long nose that extends from his forehead down past his mouth. The glaze colors vary throughout the limited run.

shop99er's description:

Chip in glaze on left front on bottom

A mug shaped like Rocket Raccoon (a genetically modified talking raccoon) from the Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel Comics film franchise. "Rocket Raccoon" stands proudly on a tree stump holding a laser gun. This is one in a set of six (including Baby Groot, Drax, Gamora, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, and Star-Lord). They are a tikified re-imagining of characters from the Guardians of the Galaxy film and comic franchise.

shop99er's description:

Chipped glaze under left eye and on back

This large mug was originally designed by popular surf artist Rick Rietveld for Tiki Farm, but this is an unauthorized and inferior copy by Mornsungifts. The mug features a large tiki head with Maori-style markings, wearing sunglasses. "The Tikinator" is in raised letters down the back of the mug. According to Holden at Tiki Farm, this mug design holds the record for highest sales volume which is probably why it was picked to be duplicated. The original version was manufactured by Tiki Farm but this is an unauthorized version with distorted details that was sold on e-Bay and through several wholesale bar supply stores online.

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.

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

A Moai, Ku and Tangaroa all walk into a bar...The Sunrise Tiki Mug was designed by Scott Schiedly aka Flounder for Tiki Farm. The brown hiball features four tiki masks in relief around the base. Above that are the images from Flounder's Sunrise Tiki painting. This is the first mug to feature a 4-color process clear glaze coated and fired art.

The Sunset Tiki Mug was designed by Scott Schiedly aka Flounder for Tiki Farm. The brown hiball features four tiki masks in relief around the base. Above that are the images from Flounder's Sunset Tiki painting, Kava Kava man, a Marquesan tiki and a Witco tiki. This is the first mug to feature a 4-color process clear glaze coated and fired art.

This tiki mug is green, with long legs and body, and a small head. Head has small eyes and a defined figure-eight mouth. In most cases, a tourist destination is printed in black on bottom rim on front.

This tiki mug has a large belly, with hands clasping the sides, small eyes, and a headdress. Glaze is orange. Usually marked on front base with a souvenir destination.

This tiki mug depicts a head with "dreads" and full lips parted to show teeth. Glaze is brown.

This tiki mug is yellow, with slightly bulbous, almond-shaped eyes, and its tongue is sticking out quite a ways. Its hands have come together at its front, and appear to possibly be holding a cup. Usually marked with a tourist destination in black on front base.

This mug is designed by Joe Vitale for Tiki Farm. Shaped like a tiki with red eyes, and a red painted flaming headdress. Two glaze color ways: brown or tan. Also comes in a shot size.