Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE An interesting local ceremony which Cook and his men witnessed was the drinking of kava at the village of Mu'a (Moa). Webber's original drawing of this event is kept in the Dixson Library but is probably the second state of an earlier version described in Webber's Catalogue as 'King Pawlehow (Paulaho) drinking his Cava, and attended by the Principal Chiefs of the Island' (no. 15). Anderson, who describes the ceremony following the preparation of the kava: "They then began to distribute it in little cups made of a bit of plantane leaf tied at each end, but where the company is large & respectable as our present one was the person who distributes it calls out to know who the servants shall carry it to, and is commonly directed by one person belonging to the chief who gives the Kava." Accordingly, the man with the dish is the distributor of the kava, while another one sitting nearer to Paulaho in the middle of the circle, could be regarded a servant, holding a bowl in his hand. The fact that no other cup is seen indicates the Tongan custom of offering the first cup to the king himself.A nice Koa wood frame is available for this print at extra shipping cost. Please enquire about this if desired. Please email any questions -
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Date of Creation: Pre-1800
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