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Sedre (Finger-bowl; Basin)

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand

Sedre. Small basin. Used for eating shellfish or as vuluvulu (finger-bowl). Made of qele (clay). Inner and outer surfaces are coated with makadre (resin made from the Dakua tree). Incisions decorate the circumference near the gusu levu (mouth) of the sedre.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

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