Gourd
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: LARGE CARRYING GOURD WITH A NET (KOKO) MADE OF TWISTED COCONUT FIBER WHICH IS TIED AT INTERVALS TO FORM DIAMOND SHAPES. THE NET IS THEN CARRIED BY MEANS OF A POLE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: VIOLA, MARGOLIS, "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, S.I. PRESS, 1985, P. 139. ITS GOURD COVER IS CATALOGUED UNDER S.I. # E3550-0. EXHIBIT MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89."
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: 21 Jun 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E3547-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gourd Container / Carrying Net
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 39 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 26.5 cm