Da Bloody Moari Tiki Mug Gecko and Wendy Cevola Collaboration COA Ltd Ed #29of45

Description

2006 Gecko and Wendy Cevola's collaborative
"Da Bloody Moari" Tiki Mug Ltd Ed #29 of 45.
This is Gecko'z South Sea Arts of Honolulu, Hawaii tribute version of the famous Ren Clark Severed Head tiki mug.
Ren Clark's Polynesian Village was in the Western Hills Hotel, and was richly decorated with bamboo, tapacloth, floats, lights, thatch and peacock chairs. It had several rooms: the Tahitian Room, the Hawaiian Room, the Samoan Hut, and the Cannibal Cocktail Lounge.
Ren Clark was a magician, and held several posts in magician groups in the 1950s. For entertainment at his Polynesian Village resaurant he performed a magic act; as a souvenir, patrons could purchase a grotesque mug of a severed head -- this mug has become one of the more sought-after tiki mug collectibles, despite it not being really all that "tiki."
Ren Clark's Polynesian Village was in the Western Hills Hotel. It is not known what years the Polynesian Village was open, but the hotel was open from 1951 until it burned down in 1969.
HUGE by mug standards more like a bowl size capacity. The drink opening is the head's neck. New comes with hand woven display headress and original box. Magnificent! Facial tattoes and classic Moari "Haka" face. Condition is "New". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.