Kava bowl

Kava bowl

Kava bowl

Artist: Samoa
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Wood, sennit cord
Classification: Containers
Credit Line: Gift of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number: 1927.1.22
DescriptionHardwood kava bowl with four legs. This is the round type. Practically circular at the rim with an inverted dome-shaped body set on four legs and furnished with a lug and braided sennit line by which to suspend the bowl. The cavity is evenly carved out and fairly shallow. The rim has a level upper surface.
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