KAVA TANOA FAI'AVA CUP, Samoa or Fiji archipelago... - Lot 20 - Crait + Müller

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KAVA TANOA FAI'AVA CUP, Samoa or Fiji archipelago... - Lot 20 - Crait + Müller
KAVA TANOA FAI'AVA CUP, Samoa or Fiji archipelago Wood with glossy red-tinged brown patina, plant fibers. D. 50.5 cm Made from the root of a variety of pepper plant, kava was a fermented beverage, ritually shared and passed from hand to hand. This type of zoomorphic bowl, with its multiplied feet varying in number, was also carved with different types of head or muzzle.
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