Need help with Ku style Tiki mug. - Collecting Tiki

K Koolau Member Oahu, Hawaii Joined: Sep 23, 2006 Posts: 323	K Koolau Posted posted on Fri, Oct 5, 2007 11:23 PM Very cool to see this post. I have two of those mugs - they are very slightly different, with a shorter upper rim. I purchased them here on Oahu about a year ago, and had never seen another. The underside has the same manufacturer's stamp, and the words "Designed for Hawaiian Village Hotel". I always assumed this referred to the pre-Hilton Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel. With the additional info that Totem Pottery also made the Hilton Hawaiian Village black triangular mugs, I think that's a pretty safe assumption. By the way, my friends call this the Chewbacca Mug, much to my displeasure. But you know, it does look like the furball. [ Edited by: Koolau 2007-10-05 23:41 ]

Very cool to see this post. I have two of those mugs - they are very slightly different, with a shorter upper rim. I purchased them here on Oahu about a year ago, and had never seen another. The underside has the same manufacturer's stamp, and the words "Designed for Hawaiian Village Hotel".

I always assumed this referred to the pre-Hilton Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel. With the additional info that Totem Pottery also made the Hilton Hawaiian Village black triangular mugs, I think that's a pretty safe assumption.

By the way, my friends call this the Chewbacca Mug, much to my displeasure. But you know, it does look like the furball.

[ Edited by: Koolau 2007-10-05 23:41 ]

Post #336732 by Koolau on Fri, Oct 5, 2007 11:23 PM