kava-bowl
- Museum number
- Oc,+.5037
- Description
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Kava-bowl of wood with four short legs and a single lateral pierced projection with a cord attached.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1891)
- Dimensions
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Height: 18 centimetres
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Width: 44 centimetres
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Depth: 29.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Christy collection registration slip description, written in 1891?:
Fiji
Deep pointed-oval bowl of hard brown wood with four short legs and a single pierced lateral projection: all cut from the solid. Attached to the projection is a loop of twisted sinnet-cord. There is a piece chipped out of the rim near one end.
"Meat dish"
Kava bowl
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Broken cord. Some natural flaws(?) in the wood.
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.5037
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1891C2.5037 (old CDMS no.)