Bilo ni Yaqona

human history

Bilo ni Yaqona. Coconut shell cup for yaqona (kava). Consisting of the cut lower half of a qa ni bilo (coconut shell), smoothed and polished on interior and exterior surfaces, with a pointed base. Kosakosa ni Yaqona (kava residue) evident as patina visible across the interior. Dark brown in colour.

Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Kava cup (English)

Wāhi
Vanua Levu/Vanua Levu Group/Fiji
Rā Tāpiringa

1924

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

14798 (ethnology)

O86 (Edge-Partington)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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5 Mātātuhi
cup, 14798, O86, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
cup, 14798, O86, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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