Post #496168 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Sat, Nov 28, 2009 4:06 PM

The seller pappy mentioned who got all the New Old-Stock mugs has been selling them again on eBay, including a few matchbooks with each boxed mug. I went ahead and bought one:

And here's one of the matchbooks. They came in various colors:

It looks like they might have got their logo from this book published in 1961:

The plate below matches the logo figure almost exactly:

The accompanying text reads: "Head of a malanggan doll-like figure from Burra, north-western New Ireland. Wood, painted with earth pigments and soot, and trimmed with cord on either side of the head. this head belonged to a huge seated figure made of rattan and cord, with raised arms and hands of wood, which personified a mythological character. On the head, rendered in an austere simple manner, emphasis is given to the hairdress (crest) formerly worn by men, and to the double nose ornament, which consists of small pieces of shell. In essence this is a typical malanggan style. Height 33 3/4 in."

Bigbro - you would love this book. It's the english translation of a German book by Alfred Buhler and all the images within seem to be taken from the collection of the Museum fuer Voelkerkunde in Hamburg.

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy 2009-11-28 18:01 ]