Sedre Vonu

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Tanoa vonu. A bowl for yaqona (kava) in the form of a vonu (turtle). The Tanoa Vonu is carved from solid kau (wood) with yava i va (four legs) carved on its underside. The tanoa is carved into the shape of a vonu (turtle with head, front and back limbs carved as features around the rim). Two slits are incised across the top sides of the vonu head, and its carved front flippers are missing. One of the supporting yava i va on the underside of the tanoa vonu has broken off. The tanoa vonu is brown in colour with surface patina.

Accession number: 1935.86 Last Update: 22 Nov 2024
Other Name

Turtle-shaped dish (English)

kava bowl (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1935.86

Accession Date

1935

Other Id

22042 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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