kava-ladle
- Museum number
- Oc.7262
- Description
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Kava-ladle of coconut shell , with a handle of wood, and cachalot tooth. It is attached to the bowl with an internal iron plate and copper rivets[?].
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1871)
- Dimensions
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Length: 15.50 inches (from original registration)
- Curator's comments
- Christy collection registration slip description, written in 1871?:
Fiji Islands
Ladle, polished cocoa-nut bowl. Red wood handle ornamented with cachalot tooth and fastened to an iron plate inside the bowl with copper pins.
Mr Hirt said it was for ladling out and drinking kava. [Added later] being passed from hand to hand ? about that. Ccava is generally served in a separate cup to each.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good, except for two missing pieces of ivory inlay and the copper pins are now a bluish colour.
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.7262
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1871C1.7262 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1871C0425.19
