Sedre ni Kakana

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Sedre ni Kakana. Food dish. Carved from kau (wood) into a shallow round shape with pronounced points at wider ends of the dish, as well as a two-pronged liga ni sedre (handle of dish). Decorated with tavatava (the zigzag carved serrations on the under edge of rim). The Sedre ni Kakana has yava i tolu (three legs) carved from kau as supports for the underside. Light-coloured and dark-coloured markings, possibly patina, across the dish. There is a nail protruding near the centre of the dish. Crack visible in the handle. Dark brown in colour with a glossy patina.

Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Food dish (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Date

1886

Other Id

11773 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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