Sedre ni Waiwai
human history
Sedre ni Waiwai (oil dish). Dish used for waiwai (coconut oil) or yaqona (kava). Carved from wood (kau). Shallow dish, in the shape of a flying bird, with yava i va (four legs) underside of dish. There is a bito (lug), with a hole through it, near edge underside of dish. Geometric incisions decorate the rim of the edge. Brown in colour.
Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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Oil dish (English)
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- Fiji
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1924
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14838 (ethnology)
O153 (Edge-Partington)
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