Kava cup
A kava cup made in Tonga. It is finely crafted, and well used, the inside showing the patina of repeated kava residue. The cup was collected by Captain H.J.O.Millar when in command of HMS 'Torch' 1903-4 on the Australian station. 'Torch' visited Tonga on diplomatic business in 1904.
Object Details
| ID: | AAA2888 |
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| Collection: | World Cultures |
| Type: | Kava cup |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Torch 1894 (HMS) |
| Date made: | 1903-05; 1903-1905 |
| People: | Millar, Herbert James Ogilvy |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 85 x 135 mm |