Kava cup
Artist
Samoa
Date1892-93
MediumCoconut shell, lime
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number1927.1.27
DescriptionBrown, scraped smooth on outer surface, finely polished. Hole bored through muli end. Kava cups are made from the muli end of the coconut cut transversely. Through the projecting muli a transverse hole is bored, through which a sennit cord is usually attached. Outer surface incised with interlocking waves pattern, whitened with lime.Engraved beneath rim: "TU.TU. GOA"
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