Drinking bowl
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Drinking bowl
This ten-footed bowl was used for the preparation of kava, a ceremonial drink that is widespread in almost all of Polynesia. For this purpose, crushed root pieces of the kava plant (Piper methysticum) were mixed with water in large bowls to produce a mildly intoxicating drink. Text: Ulrich Menter
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Drinking bowl
Dimensions
Höhe: 21.5 cm, Durchmesser: 41.5
cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Coconut fibre
carved
carved
Current location
Linden-Museum
Stuttgart
Inventory number
023336
Provenance and sources
when
around 1900
where
Samoa
when
1902
Provenance
The object is
part of an extensive donation by Wilhelm Solf (1862-1936), who was a
colonial official in Sāmoa from 1898 and was governor of the colony of
German Samoa from 1900 to 1910. The exact circumstances of the
acquisition by Solf are not yet known. Text: Ulrich
Menter
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