Wooden Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 1981
name: label: Collector
content: N/A
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Marjorie M. Post
notes: label: Notes
content: 'Umeke kou pālewa - Bowl ('umeke) made of kou wood (Cordia subcordata) carved short and wide (pālewa). Bowl once had a handle piece. The 'umeke has several repairs including 2 pewa (bow-tie/butterfly) repairs and a poho (patch) repair. According to Jamison Ke'a Rosehill, 2024, the repairs were more recent given the difference in the shellac finishing with the rest of the bowl. Bowl is handcarved. Height: 4.5"; diameter at rim: 7". Kou is a tree indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands and was the favored wood for making 'umeke as it is soft and easy to carve, resistant to wood-boring insects, and does not impart a bitter flavor. Once abundant in coastal and dry lowland regions, kou was nearly extirpated in the late 19th century by the kou leafworm (Ethmia nigroapicella).
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 318782
label: USNM Number
content: E418671A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl