Post #3050 by midnite on Sat, Jun 29, 2002 3:52 PM

On 2002-06-29 13:10, bigbrotiki wrote:
True, the Tiki carved out of the palm with the bark still showing is one of Milan Guanko's (BoT, page 248) trademarks, but the eyes and nose lead me to believe that these mugs ar a knock off of the Stockton Islander/ Hala Kahiki mug (BoT p.250), which is based on Andres Bumatay's Tikis (also see BoT p.152). Both were Phillipino carvers.
Bosko did aa nice version of it, too.

Thanks for the info, Sven. Yes, these do remind me of the Islander "pineapple alien" , as I call it, mug. I have seen a few other color schemes, and one with a handle on the side. Something tells me ceramics class, 1960's. Now that I scanned BOT I see the resemblance to the carvers listed.

They're great mugs, or vases, sometimes the semi-professional mugs are really nicely done. I shall be offering at least one up for re-sale.

Thanks,
midnite