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Bilo ni Yaqona

human history
  • Other Name

    Kava cup (English)

  • Description

    Bilo ni Yaqona. Coconut shell cup for yaqona (kava). The lower half of a coconut shell is cut and polished to produce this bilo ni yaqona. There is a large crack in the shell, and a chip in the rim. The bilo ni yaqona is dark brown in colour.

  • Accession Number
    1940.100
  • Accession Date
    05 Jul 1940
  • Other Id

    26076.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • cup, 1940.100, 26076.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 05 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • cup, 1940.100, 26076.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 05 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • cup, 1940.100, 26076.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 05 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • cup, 1940.100, 26076.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 05 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • cup, 1940.100, 26076.1, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 05 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

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