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), smoothed and polished on interior and exterior surfaces, with pointed base. Light coating of patina visible across inner surface. Decorative incisions around outer surface near rim of the bilo. Small hole near rim. Dark brown in colour.

Accession number: 1925.146 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Kava cup (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1925.146

Accession Date

05 Jun 1925

Other Id

14169 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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cup, 1925.146, 14169, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
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