Kava Cup
29-93-27
From: Fiji Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-93-27 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Fiji Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Coconut Shell | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Made from half a coconut with a quadrangular handle woven of heavy coconut fibre. Cf. Edge-Partington, Album !, pl. 119, fig. 9 and pl. 113, fig. 3 (wooden imitation of fibre handle, or vice versa). A drinking cup for kava (Fiji, yangona). Cf. 29-93-28 which is without handle. |
| Height | 6.8 cm |
| Depth | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927 |
| Other Number | GBG 32 - Gordon Number |
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