prmlogo2Cook-Voyage Collections
at the Pitt Rivers Museum

1886.1.1513

PRM0001349745179Kava bowl, kumete, of wood, from Tonga; part of the Forster collection (Forster 65; 1886.1.1513)

Circular food or kava dish with four round legs. Carved from the solid. The interior is highly polished and the exterior is very rough. Fibre cord attached through the edge of the dish

 

  PRM000095466Top view (with scale)
PRM000095464Underside (with scale)
PRM000095465Detail of coconut fibre cord
PRM0001298975179Ashmolean label
PRM0001298985179Ashmolean label
PRM0001299005179Unidentified label
PRM0001299015179Unidentified label
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