'Afa
human history
Afa. Basket for carrying food, circular in shape and woven from ra ne niu (coconut leaf). Commencement from midrib which forms the rim and woven downwards. Tie-off at base (visible inside the inner base of 'afa) and finished in a hiri (braid), knotted at each end. 'Afa is woven out in twill with technique altering at centre to form decorative diagonal patterns across all sides of 'afa.
Accession number: 1980.261 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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Basket (English)
Kapkaoua de la a (Rotuman)
Tauga (Rotuman)
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- Rotuma/Fijian Outliers/Fiji
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1980.261
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22 Jan 1980
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48718.1 (ethnology)
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