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Saqa Tabua

human history
  • Other Name

    Saqa drua (Fijian)

    Water vessel (English)

  • Description

    Saqa Tabua. Double 'twin' container water vessel. One container has broken off. Made from qele (clay) with Wa ni Tabua (crossover handle). Hole at centre top of handle for suspension cord. Outer surface coated with makadre (resin from the Dakua tree). One orifice and an i gaga (pouring spout). Decorative protrusions across the handle with somuna (decorative spots of applied qele) and incisions decorating the waist and upper areas of the containers.

  • Place
    Fiji
  • Accession Date
    [1929]
  • Other Id

    3889 (ethnology)

    0.143 (Edge Partington)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Saqa Tabua, 3889, 0.143, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa Tabua, 3889, 0.143, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa Tabua, 3889, 0.143, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa Tabua, 3889, 0.143, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa Tabua, 3889, 0.143, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Saqa Tabua, 3889, 0.143, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 27 Feb 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

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