Kava bowl · Tonga/Fidji · ID: 3041647
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Size
D: 30 cm
H: 13 cm
D: 11.8 inch
H: 5.1 inch
Description
wood, rich reddish brown patina, traces of black paint, carved headpiece with two drilled holes for suspension, giving the bowl a zoomorphic shape, encrustations from years of kava residue, slightly dam., cracks;
Kava is drunk both casually and ceremonially. Regular bowls, such as the present example, have four legs, while large ceremonial bowls have eight or ten legs. A cord is passed through the projecting lug to hang the bowl when not in use.
The object Kava bowl with the object ID 3041647 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 59.
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