Post #11344 by the75stingray on Fri, Oct 18, 2002 7:15 PM

Actually, I think this is a very good question.
I mean, I've actually purchased some items that my wife says are definately NOT tiki. But, they were in a mug form...they had little faces on them (one was more Japaneese Kabuki, and the other Native American), and they looked like others in my collection.

In fact, a toothpick holder I recently picked up looks very much like the Native American stuff, yet has a very distinctive "Westwood" look as well. Oh, it's made in Japan, of course.

I just buy whatever makes me feel good. Usually, I'll go for the less tiki stuff when the "real" tiki finds have been poor. Hey, it's an addiction! I have to get a fix somehow.

Right now I am considering going back to a store and picking up a white mug with a gold naked lady on it. Tiki it is not...but it will look nice in my collection. It's old. It's got that pre-politically correct taste to it. Feels good in my hand...atleast parts of it do...and I like it.

And if I get it, you can bet she'll be standing tall next to my Trader Vics and other naked lady mugs.
Honestly, it looks like something you may have found in a old 50's tiki bar or the Playboy Club.

But then, there are those who say I am crazy.

My advice? Buy whatever you feel like buying and can afford without going too hungry. Because he who dies with the most mugs wins.

-C.