Gourd
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joseph P. Couthouy
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL ELONGATED GOURD, PROBABLY USED FOR CARRYING FISH HOOKS, OR OTHER SMALL ITEMS. THERE ARE FIVE SMALL HOLES AROUND THE 6 CM. DIAMETER OPENING, PRESUMABLY FOR THREADING CORD FOR CARRYING OR HANGING THE GOURD. THE BASE IS POINTED SO THAT IT COULD NOT STAND BY ITSELF. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO WRITTEN ON GOURD, "KAUAI, SANDWICH ISL. BY J. P. COUTHOUY". THE GOURD HAS WRITTEN ON IT "WATER GOURD," AND WAS ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS SUCH. ACCORDING TO PIILANI, MINNIE AND WILLIAM KAAWALOA, 1985, IT WAS USED TO STORE VALUABLE OBJECTS, AND SOMETIMES FISHERMAN WOULD USE THIS TYPE OF GOURD TO STORE THEIR FISH HOOKS. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: Object was on display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Na Mea Makamae o Hawai'i - Hawaiian Treasures", 2004-2005.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kauai (Kauaʻi) Island, 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: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3537-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gourd Container
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 6 cm