Starbucks Bahamas mug: Discovery Series
The Bahamas mug from Starbucks' Discovery Series sets the name in light blue over a dark green circle, with a marlin, a pineapple and sailboats. A costumed dancer, a drink and yellow flowers wrap around the other sides.
- Series
- Discovery Series
- Place
- The Bahamas
- Type
- Mug
- Released
- Not confirmed
- Capacity
- 14 fl ozstandard mug size
- SKU
- Not confirmed
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The riot that took Junkanoo off Bay Street for six years
On 1 June 1942, Black men marched on the government offices in Nassau after learning that American workers on a wartime building project were making double their pay [1]. Five men died in the Burma Road riots [2]. Afterward the Junkanoo parade was banned from Bay Street, and it stayed away for six years [1]. According to The Tribune, which backed the fight, the man who won it was A. B. Malcolm, who owned a chain of gas stations and let the groups meet at his Bay Street garage to plan each year's parade [3]. Junkanoo returned on New Year's Day 1948 [1]. In 2023 UNESCO added it to its intangible heritage list and described towering costumes of cardboard and crepe paper as the art of making beauty out of junk [4]. The costumed dancer on the Bahamas mug (5) may be one of the people who rush on Bay Street.
The mug does not label its drawings, so connecting this one to the story is our reading.
What's on the mug
- 1Lettering
BAHAMAS in light blue capitals over a dark green circle.
- 2Marlin
A blue marlin with a long bill leaps above the lettering, with music notes beside it.
- 3Pineapple
A yellow-green pineapple stands below the left of the lettering.
- 4Sailboats
Three blue and green sails sit on the water below the lettering.
- 5Costumed dancer
A figure in a blue and yellow feathered costume with a patterned skirt stands at the left of the circle.
- 6Drink and shell scene
A tall yellow drink with a star above it stands beside a blue-green shell on a patch of sand at the right.
- 7Yellow flowers Side view
Large yellow flowers with blue leaves sit in a cluster, with a scarecrow-like figure above them.
- 8Blue fort Side view
A blue block building with small dark windows sits on a green shore below the flowers.
- 9Costumed dancer close-up Side view
The dancer in a blue and yellow feathered headdress and costume holds a microphone, with music notes beside them.
The photos do not show the back or the area behind the handle. Release year and retirement status are not confirmed.
Collector notes
- The box repeats DISCOVERY SERIES three times, in English and then in French as SERIE DISCOVERY and SÉRIE DISCOVERY, so the box print differs from the English-only boxes.
- The costumed dancer sits at the left of the Front view and again at the centre of the Side view, so the Side photo shows the same figure up close next to a bank of yellow flowers.
Before you buy
The box repeats the series name three times, in English and then in French (SERIE DISCOVERY and SÉRIE DISCOVERY), which sets it apart from the English-only boxes. The photos do not show the back or the area behind the handle. The Bahamas also appears in the Been There and Icon series, so check the series name before you order.
