Basalt Poi Pounder
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BASALT, STIRRUP SHAPED POI POUNDER WITH HOLE CARVED IN CENTER WHICH SERVES AS A HANDLE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO WRITTEN ON POUNDER "POI PESTLE, S. IDS". ACCORDING TO PIILANI, MINNIE AND WILLIAM KAAWALOA, 1985, "CALLED A POHAKU KUI AI (POI POUNDER),...MADE OF BEACH ROCK". SEE "NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION," VOL. IV, P. 51, CHARLES WILKES, 1845. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
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: E3512-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Poi Pounder
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 13.5 cm
label: Diameter - Hole
content: 4.7 cm