Gourd Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Hammersly
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BOWL MADE FROM A GOURD WITH A SMALL OPENING AT THE TOP. THE GOURD IS A DARK ORANGE IN COLOR. WRITTEN ON GOURD, "BY G.W. HAMMERSLY EX EX V[INCENNES]. NO. 2". THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THIS BOWL, SINCE IT IS CLEARLY A WILKES PIECE, AND MAY IN FACT BE THE BOWL FOR WHICH PEALE #899 (S.I. #3551) IS THE COVER FOR. CALLED "UMEKE," USED AS A FOOD BOWL. - PIILANI, MINNIE AND WILLIAM KAAWALOA, 1985.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies this object as used to hold poi.
label: Notes
content: 'Umeke - ipu gourd bowl
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)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3554-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Diameter - Top
content: 13 cm
label: Unknown - Middle
content: 15 cm