Kapa anvil Kua kuku
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
name: label: Donor Name
content: Moana Eisele
notes: label: Notes
content: Anvil (kua kuku) made from 'ohi'a lehua wood used to make kapa cloth. It is part of a collection of kapa beating instruments used to make bark cloth, and was made specifically for the U.S. Exploring Expedition conservation project that took place in the Department of Anthropology Conservation Lab at the Museum Support Center in 2012-2013.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Jul 2019
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)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071724
label: USNM Number
content: E436251-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth Anvil
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Anvil
content: 121 cm
label: Minimum Length - Anvil
content: 94 cm
label: Width - Anvil
content: 7.5 cm
label: Height - Anvil
content: 10 cm