Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1909
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Nathaniel B. Emerson
label: Donor Name
content: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
notes: label: Notes
content: 'Umeke kou pālewa - Bowl ('umeke) made of kou wood (Cordia subcordata) carved short and wide (pālewa). According to Jamison Ke'a Rosehill, 2024, this 'umeke is a hand-carved bowl pre-dating Western contact (prior to the late 18th century). 'Umeke exhibits hallmark signs of hand-carving including burn, scrape, and chisel marks. The exterior has an early shellac finish. No exterior repairs. Height: 4.5"; diameter at rim: 9.5". 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
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: 050958
label: USNM Number
content: E258006-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl