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D05554 kava cup

Coconut shell divided in the middle. The shell is rough, almost solid brown with black spots. Dotted with tiny holes. A wide grain runs lengthwise across the center of the shell. At the center there is a bulge on the outside through which a hole has been drilled and a rope twisted from many threads, knotted at the end. A crack runs from the edge of the bowl to the center point.

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Übersee-Museum Bremen
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Object type
kava cup
Dimensions
General: 9.5 x 14.5 cmPartial dimensions (thickness of the shell): 0.2 cmPartial dimensions (length of the thread): 0.4 cm
Material/Technique
Stone shell of the coconut
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D05554

Provenance and sources

when
1902-1906
where
Samoa

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