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 pointed base, and a magimagi (coconut sennit) handle termed the i tautauri ni bilo. The weave is finished with loose strips of magimagi, and two finely woven braids of magimagi with a knotted end. Brown in colour.

Nama tāpiringa: 1950.128 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Kava cup (English)

Wāhi
Fiji
Accession Number

1950.128

Rā Tāpiringa

04 Jul 1950

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

31633 (ethnology)

593g (Oldman Collection)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
6 Mātātuhi
cup, 1950.128, 31633, 593g, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 26 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
cup, 1950.128, 31633, 593g, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 26 Apr 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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