Tiki in Tokyo (& making my first Mai Tai)! - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Apr 7, 2011 9:58 AM The mug is based on this Tiki statue: It was available from Paul Marshal Products as "Surfing God" :) not goddess, perhaps to defuse possible complaints about it's full frontal nudity at the time: ...a name which stuck, even on Surfer T-shirts: But it was also a popular mid-sized Tiki carving used in classic Tiki Temples such as the Polynesia in Seattle: ...and the San Francisco Trader Vic's!: I would love to ad that ashtray to my collection! A great example of international Tiki transmogrification. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-04-07 10:03 ]

The mug is based on this Tiki statue:

It was available from Paul Marshal Products as "Surfing God" :)

not goddess, perhaps to defuse possible complaints about it's full frontal nudity at the time:

...a name which stuck, even on Surfer T-shirts:

But it was also a popular mid-sized Tiki carving used in classic Tiki Temples such as the Polynesia in Seattle:

...and the San Francisco Trader Vic's!:

I would love to ad that ashtray to my collection! A great example of international Tiki transmogrification.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-04-07 10:03 ]

Post #583804 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Apr 7, 2011 9:58 AM