Coconut shell cup

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In [[Fijian traditions and ceremonies]], a '''Coconut shell cup''', also called a bilo, is used to serve [[kava]] and yaqona.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVg1AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en}}</ref> The Samoan name for this cup is '''''tauau''''' or generally, '''''ipu tau {{okina}}ava''''' ('ava cup).

In [[Fijian traditions and ceremonies]], a '''coconut shell cup''', also called a bilo, is used to serve [[kava]] and yaqona.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVg1AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en}}</ref> The Samoan name for this cup is '''''tauau''''' or generally, '''''ipu tau {{okina}}ava''''' ('ava cup).

[[File:Samoan 'ava ceremony, c. 1900-1930 unknown photographer.jpg |thumb| [[Kava]] ('ava) makers (aumaga) of Samoa. A woman seated between two men with the round tanoa (or laulau) wooden bowl in front. Standing is a third man, distributor of the 'ava, holding the coconut shell cup (tauau) used for distributing the beverage.]]

[[File:Samoan 'ava ceremony, c. 1900-1930 unknown photographer.jpg |thumb| [[Kava]] ('ava) makers (aumaga) of Samoa. A woman seated between two men with the round tanoa (or laulau) wooden bowl in front. Standing is a third man, distributor of the 'ava, holding the coconut shell cup (tauau) used for distributing the beverage.]]

[[File:Kava bowl and cup - Samoa 1900 - AJ Tattersall.jpg |thumb|right|250px| ''Tanoa'' bowl on its side, coconut shell drinking cup (''ipu 'ava''), leaves of the [[kava]] plant and strainer]]

[[File:Kava bowl and cup - Samoa 1900 - AJ Tattersall.jpg |thumb|right|250px| ''Tanoa'' bowl on its side, coconut shell drinking cup (''ipu 'ava''), leaves of the [[kava]] plant and strainer]]

The coconut shell cup used for distributing the 'ava in a [[ʻAva ceremony]] is made from the half shell of a ripe [[coconut]] that has been cleaned and polished.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kava cup (ipu ava) |url=https://fleming-collections.uvm.edu/objects/8211/kava-cup-ipu-ava;jsessionid=9E11F8AAF004161D49D5463826348268?ctx=8faae483-a65d-4afc-b759-60a61ee6d120&idx=72#gsc.tab=0 |website=fleming-collections.uvm.edu |language=en}}</ref> It is sometimes ornamented with different designs, and after early European contact, it was sometimes decorated with inlaid silver.

The coconut shell cup used for distributing the 'ava in a [[ʻAva ceremony|ʻava ceremony]] is made from the half shell of a ripe [[coconut]] that has been cleaned and polished.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kava cup (ipu ava) |url=https://fleming-collections.uvm.edu/objects/8211/kava-cup-ipu-ava;jsessionid=9E11F8AAF004161D49D5463826348268?ctx=8faae483-a65d-4afc-b759-60a61ee6d120&idx=72#gsc.tab=0 |website=fleming-collections.uvm.edu |language=en}}</ref> It is sometimes ornamented with different designs, and after early European contact it was sometimes decorated with inlaid silver.

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