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Bilo ni Yaqona (Kava cup)

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand

Bilo ni Yaqona. Coconut shell cup for yaqona (kava). Consisting of the cut lower half of a qa ni bilo (coconut shell), dark brown colour. Eight drilled holes along the side of the rim through which is threaded a woven network of braided magimagi (coconut sennit) into a flat 'platform' flaring outwards which is the i tatauri ni bilo. A magimagi loop for suspension is also threaded through.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

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