Vai tatai
human history
Vai tatai. Canteen. This vaitatai consists of a young spherical coconut shell wholly encased in fauato (two-ply twined sennit) lashed and knotted in a repeated diamond pattern, with a knotted handle. It has a stopper inserted into the natural opening at the top of the shell. The fauato lashing is light in colour and highly textured.
Accession number: 1970.208 Last Update: 9 Oct 2019
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Canteen (English)
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1970.208
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1970
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43932 (ethnology)
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