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Tanoa

human history
  • Other Name

    Kumete (Lauan)

    Kava bowl (English)

  • Description

    Tanoa. Bowl for yaqona (kava) with four yava (legs) and a bito (lug) at underside. Oval in shape. Carved from solid kau (wood) of mid-brown colour. Shiny polished surface and visible grain. Scratches around base of each yava.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1989.220
  • Accession Date
    14 Dec 1989
  • Other Id

    53380 (ethnology)

  • Department
bowl, 1989.220, 53380, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

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