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Tattoo
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Sep 24, 2005
Posts: 217
From: Los Angeles
|  Posted: 2013-12-30 4:26 pm Permalink
WOW!!! What an amazing find by your wife. You got yourself a keeper!
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On 2013-12-30 10:07, tikiskip wrote:
My wife found this mug last weekend.
Has great color, And a sticker from Frankoma.
Have not seen one with a sticker before.
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Beautiful mug and great color. Nice that is still has the sticker.
CONGRATS!!!
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nui 'umi 'umi
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 1025
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2013-12-30 6:54 pm Permalink
Outstanding find TS.!
Where are you taking your wife for dinner?
Happy New Year!
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tikiskip
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2779 | Posted: 2013-12-31 08:04 am Permalink
Yeah Hang10 my wife is getting good at finding, But then you have been finding lots.
She will get most of the money anyway if/when we sell it, heck it's all our money at this point.
I had stopped looking for mugs as we have too many and you don't find good ones that often.
The Frankoma glazes are awesome!
Good Luck Hunters!
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 4666 | Posted: 2013-12-31 11:35 am Permalink
That Frankoma sticker is the first I've seen too. I'm going to send your photo on to Joniece Frank and see if they made them for an anniversary. Congratulations. Please contact me if you decide to sell it. Wendy
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 4666 | Posted: 2013-12-31 12:09 pm Permalink
tikiskip I just got off the phone with Joniece Frank. She said the sticker was for Frankoma's 40th anniversary of being in business. The year was 1973. I asked her is they went on every piece of pottery made that year and she said no that it was hit and miss. They made some stickers and if anyone thought about it they would grab one and stick it on. It's possible that your War God is the only one that got the sticker because so few War Gods were made.
Again Congratulations, Wendy
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tikilongbeach
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 1283
From: Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX
| Posted: 2013-12-31 12:35 pm Permalink
That is a wonderful end of the year present!
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TikiTacky
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Nov 23, 2010
Posts: 1291 | Posted: 2013-12-31 1:58 pm Permalink
Not only a War God, but a Cultured Pearl model to boot. That's a great find! Just goes to show that there are still some treasures out there if you keep your eyes peeled.
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 584
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-12-31 6:30 pm Permalink
found this four foot tall tiki painting at the swap meet for 20.00 Im guessing its a good deal, lol
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 584
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-12-31 6:32 pm Permalink
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On 2013-12-27 20:46, closettiki wrote:
Close up shot as requested
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that would make a killer T-Shirt design!!!!!!
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Pele Paul
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 26, 2008
Posts: 584
From: San Dimas, ca
| Posted: 2013-12-31 6:39 pm Permalink
god, I never get tired at looking at these pix!!!! I came down with a cold, and was in bed for 4 days, I feel a whole lot better just looking at all the cool stuff!!!!
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TikiTacky
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Nov 23, 2010
Posts: 1291 | Posted: 2013-12-31 7:22 pm Permalink
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On 2013-12-27 20:46, closettiki wrote:
Close up shot as requested
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that would make a killer T-Shirt design!!!!!!
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If someone can get me a high-res image I'd be happy to.
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tikiskip
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2779 | Posted: 2014-01-01 05:31 am Permalink
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On 2013-12-31 12:09, danlovestikis wrote:
tikiskip I just got off the phone with Joniece Frank. She said the sticker was for Frankoma's 40th anniversary of being in business. The year was 1973. I asked her is they went on every piece of pottery made that year and she said no that it was hit and miss. They made some stickers and if anyone thought about it they would grab one and stick it on. It's possible that your War God is the only one that got the sticker because so few War Gods were made.
Again Congratulations, Wendy
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That is wild stuff, Thanks Wendy for the info.
You think all there is to know about tiki has been said and then new stuff pops up, to me that's the fun part.
I don't know if you have done this yet but have you documented all info you can get from Joniece
about their tiki mugs for tiki history sake?(like how many of each different styles did they make?)
Why the name Frankoma?
We are all getting older and stuff like that gets forgotten.
Maybe you Wendy need to start the Frankoma thread here on TC.
Just added...
The name Frankoma was created from Frank's last name and the last three letters of the state of Oklahoma.[4]
"Not only a War God, but a Cultured Pearl model to boot."
So not all of these were Cultured Pearls?
Thanks all!
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tikilongbeach
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 1283
From: Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX
| Posted: 2014-01-01 08:55 am Permalink
So true, tikiskip.
Frankoma has a pretty informative Wikipedia page. I wish I had known to look for Club Trade Winds and the Cultured Pearl ceramics when I lived in Dallas. Norman, OK is about an hour drive from Dallas.
The coconuts I have in my collection are very heavy and well made. I actually use them because they are well made.
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 4666 | Posted: 2014-01-01 8:05 pm Permalink
There are magazines that document everything Frankoma and five books you can get on Amazon.com. The magazine is called Pot and Puma. She was a contributor as was her sister Donna. It only stopped being published a couple of years ago. I've put some information on page one of my "other crafts" thread. Wendy
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swizzle
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 03, 2007
Posts: 839
From: Melbourne,Australia
| Posted: 2014-01-01 11:18 pm Permalink
Not so much a find but a gift from my friend Tiki Vato. A parrot from the sadly now defunct Bahooka, hanging in his new home. Thanks buddy.
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