Oil Dish (sedre ni waiwai)

Oil Dish (sedre ni waiwai)

Fiji, early to mid-19th century

Wood
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
University of Cambridge: 1931.213
Collected by Alfred Maudslay, 1875–80

EX.8785.125 Photo (c) Museum Associates/ LACMA

This delta-wing-shaped dish has deposits of scented coconut oil in the shallow tray.