water container (container (containers))

Water Carrier, Kanak people, Grand Terre, New Caledonia, Southern Melanesia.

The artistry embodied by this functional water carrier from the Kanak people of New Caledonia lies in the remarkable net enclosing the large bottle gourd within (Lagenaria siceraria). Plaited from the husk fibres of the invaluable coconut (Cocos nucifera), which literally makes human life possible in many parts of the Pa…