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Anyone seen this mug before? Even more confused on June 9, 2010 |
Psycho Tiki D
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From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
|  Posted: 2010-05-12 10:47 am Permalink
Never seen this one before? Have you?
Thanks for the help!
PTD
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Unga Bunga
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From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2010-05-12 12:28 pm Permalink
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WestADad
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From: Tornado Alley
| Posted: 2010-05-12 12:31 pm Permalink
Ha!
Chris
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leleliz
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From: NorCal
| Posted: 2010-05-12 12:34 pm Permalink
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On 2010-05-12 12:28, Unga Bunga wrote:
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lmao!
Unga you are the best for comedic relief!
Duane never seen it before--markings?
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Psycho Tiki D
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From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2010-05-12 12:56 pm Permalink
Can't tell about markings just yet. I purchased it today based soley on the one picture. It almost appears to be Westwood? I will know more once I get it.
From what I can tell from Unga's picture, it looks like it might be based on a couple of tikis outside a long forgot about place. Maybe this mug used to be from there and used at a Tahitian Witco bar?
PTD
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-05-12 1:07 pm Permalink
Never seen that thang before! While the body is Tiki, the face looks more Pre-Columbian (aka pop primitivist), maybe it was used at Mexican eateries. I have seen this green glaze used for South American liquor decanters before.
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Psycho Tiki D
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From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2010-05-13 06:19 am Permalink
Unga,
You wouldn't happen to know if the image of this tiki was used on "moist towelette" packing would you?
Thanks for your help!
PTD
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Unga Bunga
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From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2010-05-13 08:11 am Permalink
It actually reminds me of one of the Tiki bars from Spain.
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Psycho Tiki D
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From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2010-06-09 3:02 pm Permalink
Well, after nearly a month of waiting and dealing with the seller on this item (lost in the mail, sent another one, fun eBay stuff) this finally arrived today.
Listed as a "Tiki Candleholder" it looked like a mug to me from the picture. Now I am not sure what it is? 12" tall, it could be a vase. The image is flipped on either side?
Anyone have any idea about this??
PTD
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2010-06-09 5:25 pm Permalink
That thing would hold a damn big candle. I am leaning toward a hobbyist vase. Or fill it up with a huge Mai Tai.
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SilverLine
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| Posted: 2010-06-10 07:24 am Permalink
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On 2010-06-09 15:02, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
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I'm confused as well. This pic looks like it has a solid top/lid or something, yet in the others it's clearly open. In this shot it looks like somebody used an old ceramic electrical insulator as a partial mold for the top.
Yes? No?
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MondoMcGonzo
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From: The Glass City
| Posted: 2010-06-10 07:37 am Permalink
I have this guy in brown! I got it a few years ago at a flea market and have never seen another like it. I'll try to remember to take a pic of it tonight when I get home.
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Psycho Tiki D
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From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2010-06-10 08:44 am Permalink
Oops, double post!
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Psycho Tiki D
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From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2010-06-10 08:44 am Permalink
I think this was supposed to be a vase of some sort? The bottom does look like an old insulator and I think it was made that was for stability. It is pretty big and would probably hold the equivelent of 3 good sized Mai Tai's.
Curious to see the picture of the brown one!
PTD
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2010-06-10 12:05 pm Permalink
The bottom is an ashtray, I tried to buy one a couple of years ago from a seller in Florida (The only place these seem to come from)
It was listed as a reversible Ashtray/Vase, I was told it was from the 1960's by that seller & they had it about that long.
No markings at all, Design does look to be primitive Aztec/pop influenced.
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