FROM LAPITA TO TODAY
Fijian pottery through time
What we know
- Pottery continued to be made in Fiji long after the Lapita period, in changing styles.
- Pots were traditionally made by women, shaped by hand and with a paddle and anvil rather than on a wheel.
- Villages near Sigatoka, such as Nakabuta and Lawai, still make and sell pottery today.
Pictures in this chapter
Fijian Pottery (Boston. Congregational Publishing Society, 1871)
Pottery vessel, Fiji, 19th century pic1 (2020)
Pottery vessel, Fiji, 19th century pic2 (2020)
Pottery vessel, Fiji, 19th century pic3 (2020)
Pottery vessel, Fiji, 19th century pic4 (2020)
Kava pot, Fiji, collected by the United States South Seas Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, ceramic - Pacific collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Kava pot, Fiji, collected by the United States South Seas Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, ceramic - Pacific collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Kava pot, Fiji, collected by the United States South Seas Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, ceramic - Pacific collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Pot, Fiji, ceramic - Otago Museum - Dunedin, NZ (2024)
Photograph of an unidentified Fiji pot in Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, United States. (1958)
Sources
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