Koa-Wood Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1964
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Herbert Campbell
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Note accompanying object says, "Given to Mrs. Campbell by Mrs. Wm. Smithies in 1923-24." 9/10/70 Loaned to Dallas Fine Arts Mus. 12/21/70 Returned to collection." Card for E403474 says of Mrs. Smithies that she was a native of the Marquesas, daughter of a Marquesan chief, and came to Hawaii about 1875, when she married.
label: Notes
content: 'Umeke koa pākākā - Bowl ('umeke) made of koa wood (Acacia koa) machine-carved to a platter (pākākā). Exterior has a shellac finish. Height: 3"; diameter at rim: 11.5". According to Jamison Ke'a Rosehill, 2024, bowls made of koa were made for non-native (i.e. missionary or tourist) purposes. It would not have been used for food storage by natives as koa wood imparts a bitter flavor and is susceptible to wood-boring insects.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Nov 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 260972
label: USNM Number
content: E403575-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl