Spittoon "Ipu-kuha"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1909
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Nathaniel B. Emerson
label: Donor Name
content: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: ""Ipu-kuha; material kou; has a handle; very old; the ancient kings and chiefs had their spittoon carriers as well as kahili bearers. The spittle was carefully guarded lest it fall into the possession of a kahuma [sic, probably should be kahuna] and be used as a charm against the life of the owner.""
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: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Apr 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: 050958
label: USNM Number
content: E258010-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spittoon