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Bilo ni Yaqona (yaqona bowl). Circular in shape and light in weight. Patina across the inner surface. Cracks are visible across the outer and inner surfaces. Two holes are drilled through, near the rim. A braid of magimagi (coconut sennit), tali-rua (two-ply), is threaded through the holes, and knotted at the ends. Brown in colour.

Accession number: 1924.158 Last Update: 16 Oct 2025
Other Name

Food dish (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1924.158

Accession Date

08 Aug 1924

Other Id

9501 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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dish, 1924.158, 9501, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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