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Bure kalou (model spirit house)
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Bure kalou (model spirit house)

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Bure kalou (model spirit house), 1800s, Fiji, maker unknown. Acquisition details/history unknown. Found in collection, date unknown. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (FE010509). Burekalou occupied a special place in Fijian villages in pre-Christian times. They were the houses of the priests, who were regarded as the mouthpiece of the gods. The burekalou was usually the grandest dwelling in the village, in many cases even bigger than the chief's house. It was often built on top of a mound: the higher it stood, or the ... Overall: 420mm (width), 860mm (height), 420mm (depth)
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1800s
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Fiji
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Te Papa Collections Online
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