Sedre ni Waiwai

human history

Sedre ni Waiwai (oil dish). Dish used for waiwai (coconut oil) or yaqona (kava). Carved from kau (wood). Shallow dish, almond in shape with bito (lug) at outer side, and yava i va (four legs) underside of dish. There are two detached braids of magimagi (coconut sennit), bound together with cotton thread, possibly broken off the Sedre ni Waiwai. Bito is with two holes. Brown in colour.

Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Oil dish (English)

Wāhi
Fiji
Rā Tāpiringa

1886

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

11774 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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dish, oil, 11774, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 11 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
dish, oil, 11774, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 11 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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