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TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Wed, Nov 27, 2002 3:10 PM Gecko, Here's the classic German Tiki mug. There's at least a couple of places in Spain which manufactured some great-looking mugs, and the odd home-grown mug has popped up in the UK. I've found a couple of American mugs here, but you are most likely to find the little Hawaiian Tiki statues brought back as gifts. In actual fact, Tiki stuff is more likely to come from the oppisite direction - New Zealand. This might just be because a lot of Brits settled out there, but a fair number of Maori carvings have made their way to the UK. Perhaps the ratio differs on mainland Europe? Trader Woody ps, how did you manage to remember Amsterdamage??!

Gecko,

Here's the classic German Tiki mug. There's at least a couple of places in Spain which manufactured some great-looking mugs, and the odd home-grown mug has popped up in the UK.

I've found a couple of American mugs here, but you are most likely to find the little Hawaiian Tiki statues brought back as gifts. In actual fact, Tiki stuff is more likely to come from the oppisite direction - New Zealand. This might just be because a lot of Brits settled out there, but a fair number of Maori carvings have made their way to the UK. Perhaps the ratio differs on mainland Europe?

Trader Woody
ps, how did you manage to remember Amsterdamage??!

Post #14978 by Trader Woody on Wed, Nov 27, 2002 3:10 PM