Post #247984 by TikiPhil on Wed, Aug 9, 2006 9:28 PM

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On 2006-08-09 19:08, GROG wrote:
GROG see no experts chimed in on whether Crazy Al's Ape Fez mug is considered tiki, so howabout this?

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Yes. Tiki.

Why? Say you knew nothing of the history of this mug and you just stumbled across it at the local party supply store sitting on a shelf next to some brightly colored cardboard cutouts. What about it would make you think TIKI?

This goes back to my earlier post with the Don the Beachcomber, Trader Vic and Steve Crane examples. Why are we so unwilling to call these things un-tiki? Its as if we are saying that these pioneers were infallible. That anything produced in the "good old days" was definitely tiki no mater what.