Post #567701 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Dec 5, 2010 1:11 PM

On 2010-12-04 13:04, 4WDtiki wrote:
Strikow??? Never heard of it, but I'd say you're right, Buzz.

Indeed:

These bottles were once quite ubiquitous in Southern California. Some even have the date stamped underneath (1963?). Though maybe we should call it "E.A. Almond" decanter, to be fair to the designer. Strickow art porcelain made other Kahlua decanters that are nice, but do not display the distinctive modernist style of his design:

...and even less artsy ceramics like this Yellowstone Park souvenir plate.

On 2010-12-04 07:57, 4WDtiki wrote:
Thank you! I love that mug, very Witco, but without the woodgrain.

I have always loved the bottle too, that's why I put it in the BOT (p.186) and never tire talking about it (as I have here before).
Although it is clearly intended to be a Pre-Columbian stone carving by virtue of the Kahlua liquor brand:

(Thank You Kate)

...it was and is such a perfect example of modern primitivism, or "Tiki Modern", that Tiki culture quickly adapted it (slightly altered), be it as concrete lawn statues (still available today)...

...as wall masks and lamp bases (no sample available)

...and as oversized roadside Tikis:

Even the master Milan Guanko gave it a try in his Tiki shop:

I am even theorizing that the choice of name and spelling for these apartments might have been inspired by that influential bottle being equated with Tiki culture:

...since the well-known Hawaiian pig dish is spelled KALUA pig. :)