Wood Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM LOGBOOK: WOOD BOWL, MAY BE PART OF SAME ACC. AS 237968-69 AND 99. SEE LOG BOOK.
label: Notes
content: 'Umeke kou pālewa - Bowl ('umeke) made of kou (Cordia subcordata) carved short and wide (pālewa type). 'Umeke has several repairs including multiple pewa (bow-tie/butterfly) repairs, poho (patch) repair, and pitch repairs. Bowl has several points of cracking. Height: 7"; diameter at rim: 17". 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
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: ET20077-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl