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Plate 2: Kava ceremony (Qaravi Yaqona)
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Color lithograph, Kei Viti (Melanesian Images)
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Kei Viti (Melanesian Images), Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of George LeRoy and Gail and Bruce Kenagy 2023
Title: Plate 2: Kava ceremony (Qaravi Yaqona)
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Color lithograph, Kei Viti (Melanesian Images).
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