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cup

human history
  • Other Name

    kava cup

  • Description

    Ipu kava. Coconut shell cup. This receptacle for kava drinking is cut and polished from mui'i niu, the lower half of a nge'esi niu (mature coconut shell). The shell is quite think and comes to a natural peak on the base. It has a matte, smooth surface treatment. There are white paint flecks around the outside.

  • Place
    Tonga/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1982.194
  • Accession Date
    31 May 1982
  • Other Id

    50123.5 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

cup, 1982.194, 50123.5, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • cup, 1982.194, 50123.5, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • cup, 1982.194, 50123.5, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • cup, 1982.194, 50123.5, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • cup, 1982.194, 50123.5, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • coconut cup; 50123.5; interior
  • coconut cup; 50123.5; exterior

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