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Sedre ni Waiwai

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Sedre ni Waiwai (oil dish). Dish used for waiwai (coconut oil) or yaqona (kava). Carved from wood (kau). Shallow dish, in the shape of a flying bird, with yava i va (four legs) underside of dish. There is a bito (lug), with a hole through it, near edge underside of dish. Geometric incisions decorate the rim of the edge. Brown in colour.

Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018

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Ingoa Kōrero Noa

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Ingoa Kē

Oil dish (English)

Momo Ingoa Kē