Tanoa fai 'ava – ceremonial kava bowl

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
Small wooden kava bowl carved from a single piece of coconut wood. Wide smooth rim and ten legs. Solid block between towo of the legs, underneath, for hanging.

Kava is made from the crushed root of pepper soaked in water. The strained liquid is the drink kava or in Samoan 'ava.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Wood, possibly coconut wood.
Measurements
313<325mm - diameter.
125mm - height.
Production place
Samoa
Collection
Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1968/34/4

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