Sedre ni Waiwai

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Sedre ni Waiwai (oil dish). Dish used for waiwai (coconut oil) or yaqona (kava). Carved from kau (wood). Shallow dish, circular in shape with a pointed end, and a four-pronged liga ni sedre (handle of dish). The liga ni sedre is angular with projecting centre-end. A yava (leg) extends from the underside of the projected piece. Yava i rua (two legs) underside of dish. Four small holes near edge with material, possibly wire, threaded through and over a crack in the dish. Brown in colour.

Accession number: 1925.92 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Oil dish (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1925.92

Accession Date

30 Apr 1925

Other Id

13463 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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