What was the first Tiki mug? - Collecting Tiki

N nzbungalow Member Joined: Sep 23, 2014 Posts: 4	N nzbungalow Posted posted on Sat, Oct 18, 2014 9:30 PM Well aware of the intent of this topic. Thousands of GIs were based in NZ during WWII and would have been exposed to NZ Maori culture while here. The Crown Lynn mug was produced from 1949, after the war, but many servicemen settled here and maintained connections with the States. As they were a souvenir item it is likely that some of these mugs made their way to the States before the appearance of the first tiki bar tiki mugs so they cannot be ruled out as having had an influence in the evolution of the bar mug from skull, Fu Mancu, etc to pure tiki. Jeremy I guess I should say "cannot YET be ruled out" etc. [ Edited by: nzbungalow 2014-10-18 21:34 ]

Well aware of the intent of this topic.
Thousands of GIs were based in NZ during WWII and would have been exposed to NZ Maori culture while here. The Crown Lynn mug was produced from 1949, after the war, but many servicemen settled here and maintained connections with the States. As they were a souvenir item it is likely that some of these mugs made their way to the States before the appearance of the first tiki bar tiki mugs so they cannot be ruled out as having had an influence in the evolution of the bar mug from skull, Fu Mancu, etc to pure tiki. Jeremy

I guess I should say "cannot YET be ruled out" etc.

[ Edited by: nzbungalow 2014-10-18 21:34 ]

Post #729908 by nzbungalow on Sat, Oct 18, 2014 9:30 PM