Please Fill me in on tiki artist Andres Bumatay - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Aug 7, 2004 1:08 AM On 2004-08-06 18:24, tikijackalope wrote: Would anyone know where and when Johnson Products were sold? Direct to bars or retail also? Johnson Products were based in Chicago in the 60s and 70s. They were wholesalers, like Oceanic Arts. Maybe they had an outlet in Chicago. They offered a wide variety of tropical decor, from little coconut monkeys and Tiki mugs to Witco fountains and thatched huts. I got the Bumatay mug in the BOT at the Hala Kahiki in the 90s, my cocktail came in it and I simply bought it there.I believe the Islander mug came first, but I would guess an OMC designer just copied the style, just like the Witco fountain mug, from a Bumatay Tiki in a restaurant. Bosko made a very nice Bumatay mug once, too, but Duke's takes the cake.

On 2004-08-06 18:24, tikijackalope wrote:

Would anyone know where and when Johnson Products were sold? Direct to bars or retail also?

Johnson Products were based in Chicago in the 60s and 70s. They were wholesalers, like Oceanic Arts. Maybe they had an outlet in Chicago. They offered a wide variety of tropical decor, from little coconut monkeys and Tiki mugs to Witco fountains and thatched huts.

I got the Bumatay mug in the BOT at the Hala Kahiki in the 90s, my cocktail came in it and I simply bought it there.I believe the Islander mug came first, but I would guess an OMC designer just copied the style, just like the Witco fountain mug, from a Bumatay Tiki in a restaurant.

Bosko made a very nice Bumatay mug once, too, but Duke's takes the cake.

Post #106807 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Aug 7, 2004 1:08 AM