Model tanoa fai'ava (kava bowl)

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Model tanoa fai'ava (kava bowl)

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This is a model of a tanoa fai'ava, a wooden bowl used in the preparation of a beverage made from the roots of the kava plant. The roots are crushed into a powder-like form and mixed in the bowl with water. Kava, or 'ava as it is known in Samoa, can be served informally, although its most important use is in chiefly meetings and ceremonies. This model tanoa fai'ava was probably made in the early twentieth century for the tourist trade. It is decorated with incised patterns in-filled with whit...

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Date created

Gifted: 1957

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/148457

Related subjects

wood / bowls / mixing bowls / woodcarving / Polynesian / Sāmoan / Sāmoa Islands

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