Kava Bowl
31-34-391
From: Fiji Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 31-34-391 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Fiji Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Clay |
| Description | Clay kava bowl, ndari- bowl; ndarungwele-l. Reddish brown pottery, exterior burnished. Hemispherical. Rope-impressed design. Cracked and pieced together. Secured at village of Namuamua, May 1931. Said to be very old; informant suggested 100-200 years. Place of manufacturing unknown; local wooden kava bowls are imported from Lau Islands, Eastern Fiji. |
| Height | 16.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 37.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Australian Expedition, Daniel Sutherland Davidson, 1931 |
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