- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hanainae, porcelain plate sherd.
- Long description
- Hanainae, glazed porcelain sherd, originally part of a plate together with 2024.20.100-103 and 2024.20.105-107. The exterior bears blue decoration on a white background, while the interior surface is plain.
- Cultural groups
- Nuaulu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 25/01/1971
- Date collected
- 25/01/1971
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 14 August 2024
- Materials and processes
- Material Porcelain Pottery, Process Moulded, Process Fire-Hardened, Material Pigment, Process Glazed, Process Printed
- Dimensions
- Length 27 mm, Width 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2024.20.104 Other numbers: 1971.436
- Research and responses
The term hanai inai is used for usually large plates, mainly of Chinese origin, that constitute clan sacred valuables used in ritual and exchange at marriage; see 'Ellen Nuaulu religious practices, pp. 51-2'.
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