Is This The Elusive Cobra's Fang Mug? - Collecting Tiki

B Babalu Tiki Socialite Lemon Grove Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2518	B Babalu Posted posted on Mon, Mar 1, 2010 1:54 PM On 2010-03-01 13:24, bigbrotiki wrote: That is so weird! The Tiki revival (Babalu) catching up to the Tiki period, but then being overtaken by the real thing after all....or has it not? I am still not 100 % convinced of the authenticity of the mug, no additional info about its acquisition has been put forward. Provenance is an important factor in assessing primitive artifacts. :D Yes, :) - I felt like I was getting hit with heavenly bolts of irony when I first saw that mug. Ya know, having kind of dived into Spurlin some, my "guess" is that it is the real deal...and that green glaze on that other Spurlin mug in the display over at OA is a dead ringer.

On 2010-03-01 13:24, bigbrotiki wrote:
That is so weird! The Tiki revival (Babalu) catching up to the Tiki period, but then being overtaken by the real thing after all....or has it not?

I am still not 100 % convinced of the authenticity of the mug, no additional info about its acquisition has been put forward. Provenance is an important factor in assessing primitive artifacts. :D

Yes, :) - I felt like I was getting hit with heavenly bolts of irony when I first saw that mug.

Ya know, having kind of dived into Spurlin some, my "guess" is that it is the real deal...and that green glaze on that other Spurlin mug in the display over at OA is a dead ringer.

Post #514312 by Babalu on Mon, Mar 1, 2010 1:54 PM