Taga ni i Sala
Taganiisala. Satchel. Used to store chiefs i-sala (fine barkcloth hair scarves), woven by their wives. Woven from voivoi (pandanus) double-layered, rectangular in shape with handles braided from vau (hibiscus fibre). Inner layer consisting of wide strips of voivoi woven out in check with the outer layer finely woven with strips of somo (dyed-black voivoi), paomo (dyed-brown voivoi), and natural coloured voivoi forming patterns across both sides of taganiisala. The upper and lower areas of taganiisala consists of checkered and zig-zag patterns with the centre altering to a simplified design forming a patterned line across width of taganiisala. Four braids woven from vau, tali rua (2-ply braids), two on each side, looped and threaded through upper area of taganiisala forming the handle that has been broken off at centre.
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Satchel (English)
Bag (English)
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- Fiji
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1925.146
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05 Jun 1925
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14357 (ethnology)
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