Title

Kava Bowl

Mediumwood

Dimensions8 × 27 1/4 in. (20.3 × 69.2 cm)

Object number00.200.515

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionShallow-carved wooden "tanoa" kava bowl with four legs. ProvenanceFor a detailed description of Kava and it's contemporary use practices, see Michael Balick and Paul Alan Cox's "Plants, People and Culture" (1996), an introduction to ethnobotany. The chapter "Entering the Other World" on psychoactive plants includes a thorough study on Kava.

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