Sedre ni Waiwai
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Sedre ni Waiwai (oil dish). Dish used for waiwai (coconut oil) or yaqona (kava). Carved from kau (wood). Shallow dish, circular in shape with a pointed end, and a four-pronged liga ni sedre (handle of dish). The liga ni sedre is angular with projecting centre-end. A yava (leg) extends from the underside of the projected piece. Yava i rua (two legs) underside of dish. Four small holes near edge with material, possibly wire, threaded through and over a crack in the dish. Brown in colour.
Accession number: 1925.92 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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Oil dish (English)
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- Fiji
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1925.92
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30 Apr 1925
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13463 (ethnology)
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