Poi Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Mar 1937
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mary M. Walcott
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Very high polish; carved from tree bole. Chestnut wood."
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: Notes
content: 'Umeke kou kū'oho- Bowl ('umeke) likely made of kou wood (Cordia subcordata) carved equal in width and height (kū'oho). Bowl has several repairs including multiple poho (patch) repairs and pitch repairs on the bottom. Height: 8"; diameter at rim: 8.5". According to Jamison Ke'a Rosehill, 2024, it is very unlikely that this 'umeke is made of chestnut. The only the chestnut tree found on Hawai'i is the Malabar chestnut tree (Pachira aquatica) which does not align with this bowl's wood grain.
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: 143077
label: USNM Number
content: E378400-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl