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Pictorial Presentation of Kava |
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"Kava-the Pacific Elixir: The Definitive Guide to its Ethnobotany, History, and
Chemistry" by Vincent Lebot, Mark Merlin, and Lamont Lindstrom |
| Reproduced with permission of the Publisher |
[Table of Contents][Kava Library & Bookstore]
The process from gathering Kava rootstock until the final ceremonial drinking is
shown pictorially as follows:
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The Island group of Vanuatu where Kava grows and is cultivated. | |
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Piper methysticum, Kava, drawn in 1769 by Sidney Parkinson, the expeditionary artist on Captain James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific. | |
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Village elder on Tanna, Vanuatu, carrying a young rootstock for an informal kava drinking session. (photo E. Moyen). | |
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Preparing the roots and rootstock, Tanna, Vanuatu: the stump is cut into smaller pieces and cleaned. (photo E. Moyen). | |
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Chewing the Kava,
Tanna. (photo E. Moyen). |
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Drinking Kava
prepared by mastication, Tanna, Vanuatu. (photo E. Moyen). |
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Nineteenth-century studio photograph of kava preparation, Fiji. |
Samoan taupou |
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Chapter 3 Chemistry: Active Principles and Their Effects
Chapter 4 Ethnobotany: Cultivation, Classification, Preparation, and Medicinal Use
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