Poi Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
label: Collection Date
content: 1901 to 1903
name: label: Collector
content: Rear Adm U S N Robley D. Evans
label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Cracked. Bought from Admiral Evans' estate".
label: Notes
content: The "Admiral Evans" referenced on the card probably would be Rear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans (18 August 1846 - 3 January 1912). Evans was in Hawaii for a couple of weeks in late1901 at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt. As Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, Evans was in Hawaii again in December 1903 with 7 vessels of the squadron.
label: Notes
content: 'Umeke pālewa - Bowl made of hardwood machine-carved short and wide (pālewa). Height: 5"; diameter at rim: 15". Tag on bowl: old "Poi" bowl from Hawaian Islands bought from Admiral Evans Estate $5.00.
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: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E361794-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl