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Sedre

human history
  • Other Name

    Vulovulo (Fijian)

    Bowl (English)

  • Description

    Sedre. Small basin. Used for eating shellfish or as a vuluvulu (finger-bowl). Made of qele (clay). Outer and inner surfaces coated with makadre (resin made from the Dakua tree). Two small holes below rim, possibly for suspension cord.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1986.230
  • Accession Date
    02 Nov 1986
  • Other Id

    52347.2 (ethnology)

  • Department
Sedre, 1986.230, 52347.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

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