Stone "No'a"
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: "These stones, called no'a, were used in playing the betting game of Puhenehene. A tumble of kapa was placed before the player, and it was his role to hide the no'a which lay in the hollow of his hand, under one of the heaps into which the kapa was crumpled so that his opponent could not detect under which pile he hid it. There were 5 piles on heaps of kapa. the betting was very spirited, and was an essential part of the game."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 050958
label: USNM Number
content: E258067-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Game