Sedre ni Waiwai

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Sedre ni Waiwai (oil dish). Dish used for waiwai (coconut oil) or yaqona (kava). Carved from kau (wood). Shallow dish, circular in shape with a pointed end, and a four-pronged liga ni sedre (handle of dish). The liga ni sedre is angular with projecting centre-end. A yava (leg) extends from the underside of the projected piece. Yava i rua (two legs) underside of dish. Four small holes near edge with material, possibly wire, threaded through and over a crack in the dish. Brown in colour.

Nama tāpiringa: 1925.92 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Oil dish (English)

Wāhi
Fiji
Accession Number

1925.92

Rā Tāpiringa

30 Apr 1925

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

13463 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
10 Mātātuhi
dish, 1925.92, 13463, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 05 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
dish, 1925.92, 13463, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 05 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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