- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pieces of kava root strung on a string.
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1896
- Date collected
- By 1896
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1896
- Materials and processes
- Material Kava Plant Root, Process Perforated, Process Strung
- Dimensions
- Length: max 680 mm string doubled
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1896.16.13
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