Bilo ni Yaqona

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Bilo ni Yaqona. Coconut shell cup for yaqona (kava). Consisting of the cut lower half of a qa ni bilo (coconut shell), dark brown colour. Eight drilled holes along the side of the rim through which is threaded a woven network of braided magimagi (coconut sennit) into a flat 'platform' flaring outwards which is the i tatauri ni bilo. A magimagi loop for suspension is also threaded through.

Accession number: 1925.92 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Kava cup (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1925.92

Accession Date

30 Apr 1925

Other Id

13451 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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cup, 1925.92, 13451, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 26 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
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