Post #598409 by Phillip Roberts on Tue, Jul 19, 2011 10:15 PM

Aloha,

On 2011-07-19 19:07, The Monitors wrote:
The image of the woman on the right is definitely from Hinano beer in Tahiti.

hmmm...no doubt...Well done, The Moniters

According to Wikipedia...

Hinano is a brand of beer brewed by Brasserie de Tahiti since 1955. The 5% ABV lager is Tahiti's most popular beer, and its logo depicting an archetypal vahine (native female islander) is one of the French territory's most widespread images.

We know the mug in question is a 'Daga' mug (See Waikiki Tiki - approx 55 pages in...) circa 1972, but the vahine's use as the logo of the Tahitian Lanai dates to earlier...

Spence Weaver of the Spencecliff Corporation returned from Papette as they were putting the finishing touches on the restaurant with bags of curios for decoration in 1956. No doubt, he's seen the image there and imported it...