i Lalakai

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i Lalakai. Food platter of coconut leaflets, made by weavers in Fiji for chiefs. Food presentation has a particular arrangement on platter - whole, uncut taro is precisely placed with large end at chief side.

Accession number: 1924.158 Last Update: 13 Apr 2021
Other Name

Food platter (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1924.158

Accession Date

08 Aug 1924

Other Id

9511 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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