Bilo ni Yaqona (Kava cup)

Bilo ni Yaqona. Coconut shell bilo (cup) for drinking yaqona (kava) with a pointed base and decorative incisions around the exterior rim. There are three holes drilled into base, with magimagi (coconut sennit), tali tolu (three-ply) braid, threaded through two of the holes. The ends of the braid are knotted together. Chevron shaped incisions decorate the upper circumference of the bowl and form a star shape when viewed from the underside. A small hole is drilled through bowl, near rim. Dark brown in colour.