Dakai

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Dakai. Bow. This dakai is carved from kau (wood) into a long curved object, round in section. The dakai is perforated at each end through which is threaded vau (hibiscus fibre) of natural colour. Surface of the dakai is smooth but with scratches and two cracks in the body near the centre of the dakai and a shallow depression on one end of the outer surface. The dakai is red-brown in colour.

Accession number: 1932.511 Last Update: 15 Nov 2019
Other Name

Bow (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1932.511

Accession Date

19 Sep 1932

Other Id

18643 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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