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Kava plant

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  • A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava and obeisance to the king in Tongatapu, Tonga. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava in the Friendly Islands. Lithograph by A. Noël after L.A. de Sainson.
  • Poulaho, King of the Friendly islands (south Pacific), drinking kava during a ceremony. Engraving by W. Sharp after J. Webber, 1780/1785.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Kava kava (piper methysticum) : famous drug plant of the South Sea Islands / by E. F. Steinmetz.

    Steinmetz, E. F. | Date: 1960
    • Books

    Kava - the Pacific elixir : the definitive guide to its ethnobotany, history, and chemistry / Vincent Lebot, Mark Merlin, and Lamont Lindstrom.

    Lebot, Vincent. | Date: [1997], ©1997
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    A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava and obeisance to the king in Tongatapu, Tonga. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

    Webber, John, 1751-1793. | Date: 1784 | Reference: 25433i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Poulaho, King of the Friendly islands (south Pacific), drinking kava during a ceremony. Engraving by W. Sharp after J. Webber, 1780/1785.

    Webber, John, 1751-1793. | Date: 1780/1785 | Reference: 566234i
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    • Online

    A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava in the Friendly Islands. Lithograph by A. Noël after L.A. de Sainson.

    Sainson, M. de (Louis Auguste), 1801-1887. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 25434i
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