Pot

31-34-395

From: Fiji Islands | Viti Levu | Namuamua

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Native Name Kuru Lailai
Object Number 31-34-395
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Fiji Islands | Viti Levu | Namuamua
Section Oceanian
Materials Clay
Description

Blackened pottery. Long oval body, short wide neck flaring to rim.

Secured at village of Namuamua, May 1931. Said to have been made at Nandronga [extreme western end of Viti Levu], about 60 miles west of Navua. Said to have been made at least before 1900.

Height 26 cm
Outside Diameter 17.5 cm
Credit Line Australian Expedition, Daniel Sutherland Davidson, 1931

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