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Agent 86
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 22, 2009
Posts: 65 |  Posted: 2009-12-28 11:26 pm Permalink
My cousin gave me some Tiki tape for Christmas so I thought I'd share with the group.
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ka'lenatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 13, 2009
Posts: 184
From: redding ca.
| Posted: 2009-12-29 5:27 pm Permalink
hey, pretty cool......any idea where it's from??
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-12-29 7:34 pm Permalink
Oh how sweet, Tiki newbies meet! 
That stuff has been on the market for about 5 years now, and is one of the last examples of 21st Century Tiki kitsch still out there, offered by those trusty purveyors of the Tiki revival, the Seattle hipsters from accoutrements.com, god bless their ironic spirit:
http://www.accoutrements.com/tape.html
The other classic they still offer is their Tiki pencil toppers, the designs of which have all but one been taken from The Book of Tiki:
http://www.accoutrements.com/products/11459.html
Their commitment to cheap Asian manufactured product has unfortunately resulted in Tiki mug sets that are just too awful to recommend here, but in general they have great stuff!
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Mr. NoNaMe
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 10, 2006
Posts: 1866 | Posted: 2009-12-29 8:17 pm Permalink
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On 2009-12-29 19:34, bigbrotiki wrote:
Oh how sweet, Tiki newbies meet!
That stuff has been on the market for about 5 years now, and is one of the last examples of 21st Century Tiki kitsch.
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I sure hope that isn't one of the last examples of the 21st century Tiki kitsch. We have another 90 years to bring out more kitsch. 
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woofmutt
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 2584
From: Seattilite Telstar
| Posted: 2009-12-29 8:28 pm Permalink
"My cousin gave me some Tiki tape for Christmas so I thought I'd share with the group." -Agent 86-
While the tape is well known to many of us the important point here is that Agent 86 has apparently successfully trained a family member to give decent Tiki gifts.
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5089
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2009-12-29 9:34 pm Permalink
AND...that indeed is an accomplishment. No Tiki goodies for me from family. All my 90 year old Mom can do is tell me how ugly it is and that she likes some of my other collections more. I gotta get her liquored up more often...she does like going to Tiki Oasis though. I would be blown away if I got that tape from anyone in my family...good item to use for blocking off the crime scene when ya find a dead Tiki.
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2009-12-31 6:49 pm Permalink
The reason this tape is so cool, is that it borrows one of the greatest copyright-free (I think) images from the 1960s.
This tiki appeared on generic luau napkins and placemats from the 60s:
It was also borrowed by the Hanalei Hotel in San Diego as its logo tiki on menus and postcards:
And used by other tiki joints like the Tropic Lounge & Restaurant, Lancaster Ohio:
But where did this tiki originally come from?
It might have morphed from this older Matson Line logo:
If that's the case, then it would be Maori in origin.
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Zeta
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 2030
From: Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico
| Posted: 2010-01-21 6:58 pm Permalink
Stuttgart tiki
 
Made in Germany
http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/my/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=358&ind_mug_id=23947
Description from ooga-mooga:
This angular tiki has a lined forehead, lined cheeks, lined chin, clasped hands, and vertical lines around the body. Tan with a white interior, marked "Made in Germany". A slightly smaller version comes in brown.
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Zeta
Grand Member (2 years)
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 2030
From: Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico
| Posted: 2010-01-21 7:01 pm Permalink
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On 2008-08-04 08:20, Zeta wrote:
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On 2008-08-04 06:52, Tikinomad wrote:
Hey Zeta, I think that style mug was used at the Movenpick in Switzerland?
Nice score, I have two different versions of the mug....one of my favorite designs.
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Thanks Tikinomad,
What else do you know about the Movenpick in Switzerland ?
How much you paid for yours?
It seems like Accoutrements got "inspired" by this Mug to produce this tiki-tape I bought in the U.S.
Z
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-01-21 7:04 pm Permalink
Ha! I had this mug for over ten years, and didn't see that! I just laughed about it as being so stiff and German. And now it's from a Poly pop rendering! Good pick, Mr. Z
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