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bamboobeavis
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 20, 2007
Posts: 12
From: Athens, MI
|  Posted: 2007-07-15 10:52 am Permalink
Hello, I'm a newby to tiki central and this is the first time I have posted something. I came across a couple mugs that looked familiar but I couldn't find in my books. Can anyone help?
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uncle trav
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 1531
From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2007-07-15 11:12 am Permalink
Great find brother and welcome aboard!
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10560
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2007-07-15 11:54 am Permalink
Obviously (from the "Isla de Sol" inscription) these are not Tiki in the strict sense, but probably Mexican tourist ceramics based on pre-Columbian art. Nevertheless, they are a fine example of pop primitivism, not out of place in a home Tiki bar, perhaps to be used for Pisco Sours.
Pre-Columbian anthropomorphic pottery displays an incredible variety of strange motifs and styles, here's but one example:
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bamboobeavis
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 20, 2007
Posts: 12
From: Athens, MI
| Posted: 2007-07-16 1:02 pm Permalink
Thanks Uncle Trav, One looks older than the other,but both are real nice looking.
Also, thank you bigbrotiki, I've been casually collecting for the last 2-3 years and some of this stuff is very new to me.
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