Wood Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1922
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. William H. Fox
notes: label: Notes
content: 'Umeke kou kū'oho - Bowl ('umeke) made of kou wood (Cordia subcordata) carved nearly equal in width and height (kū'oho). There are four cracking points on the rim, and a 1" portion of the rim has been chipped. Height: 5"; diameter at rim: 6.5". 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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 068200
label: USNM Number
content: E324309-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl