Daveniyaqona (ritual dish)

Fijian artist

Date

Early 19th century

Type

Dish

Medium

Wood (vesi, Intsia bijuga)

Department

The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

Culture

Fijian

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2018.433

Credit

Purchase, 2017 Benefit Fund, Gordon Sze MD, The Richman Family Foundation, and Steven Kossak Gifts, Andrea Bollt Bequest, in memory of Robert Bollt Sr. and Robert Bollt Jr., and The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts Gift, 2018