Gourd Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL GOURD WHICH IS HALVED AND CLEANED AND USED AS A CUP OR BOWL (OR COVER?). HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. MAY BE COVER FOR 3554? THIS IS CALLED "UMEKE" AND USED AS AN EATING BOWL FOR SMALL PIECES OF FOOD, ACCORDING TO 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: E3551-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 6 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 13.5 cm