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cup, kava

human history
  • Description

    Kava cup made of coconut shell. Shiny patina on the exterior with remnants of white pigmentation. Two stickers on the exterior - one rectangular in shape with the following numbers written on it "331 14959 No Q59" and the second circular in shape with the following texts "New Hebrides T.W. Leys". On the interior is a square sticker with legible and illegible text - the legible text that can be made up reads "kavacup". The interior is dull and dusty.

  • Place
    Torres Islands/Vanuatu/Melanesia/Pacific
  • Other Id

    14959 (ethnology)

    Q90 (Edge-Partington)

  • Department

    Pacific

kava cup; 14959; Q90

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  • kava cup; 14959; Q90
  • kava cup; 14959; Q90
  • kava cup; 14959; Q90

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