i Lalakai

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i Lalakai. Mat for serving food, flat, rectangular in shape and woven from drauniniu (coconut leaf) including sasa (coconut leaf midrib). Commencement from sasa and woven out in twill. Finished in a braid with loose long unwoven ends. Six braids, each tali tolu (3-ply), woven from sasa.

Accession number: 1924.25 Last Update: 13 May 2025
Other Name

Mat (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Number

1924.25

Accession Date

1924

Other Id

9509 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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I lalakai, 1924.25, 9509, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 23 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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