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Massive round kava bowl with four round legs and a hanging bracket, carved from one piece of wood. From Fiiji or Tonga. The inside of the bowl is smooth and polished. Kava is a drink used throughout the Pacific Islands for sacred, ceremonial and social purposes. It is refered to as yaqona in Fiji.
bowls (vessels)
cookware
wood (plant material)
Fijian
Bowl
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,122
FD252
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
8 1/4 (H), 26 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2618
Fiji
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