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Saqa Basaga

human history
  • Other Name

    Vessel (English)

  • Description

    Saqa Basaga. Water vessel made of qele (clay) with a 3-armed handle. Spherical in shape. Coated in makadre (resin from the Dakua tree). Hole in the centre-top of handle for suspension cord. Single orifice near centre-top with i gaga (pouring spout) at waist of vessel. The arms of the handle are decorated with protrusions. Bands of decorative lines incised across upper areas. Somuna (decorative spots of applied qele) decorate the upper area and around waist.

    There is a band of slanted lines, below the row of somuna, around the waist. Light coloured markings visible across upper area.

  • Place
    Fiji
  • Accession Date
    1870
  • Other Id

    12578 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Saqa basaga, 12578, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa basaga, 12578, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa basaga, 12578, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa basaga, 12578, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa basaga, 12578, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa basaga, 12578, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

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