Tiki Central / General Tiki / The Jungle-style Thread - Pop Culture Iconography of the Dark Continent
Post #504776 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jan 16, 2010 9:32 AM
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The above cordial might be best imbibed in -- how could we forget!-- the classic Trader Vic's COFFEE DIABLO mug...
...which I was reminded of when finding this portrait of African American artist James Lesesne Wells from around 1930:
one of his prints: ....which I found in the book mentioned by Vern in this thread: The cup he is holding was on exhibit, too: While not an exact replica, the Trader Vic mug certainly must have been inspired by it, or a cup like it:
A prime example of African to Polynesian pop cross-over! [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-01-16 09:34 ] |
