Wooden Spittoon "Ipu kuha"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. John L. Fox
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL WOODEN BOWL WITH FLATTENED LUG-LIKE HANDLE.THE BASE OF THE BOWL IS FLAT, AND THE RIM IS SOMEWHAT WIDE WITH A SHARP INNER EDGE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; WRITTEN ON GOURD, "SANDWICH IS. BY J.L. FOX" (READ UNDER ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT). EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. PIILANI, MINNIE AND WILLIAM KAAWALOA CALLED THIS "IPU KUHA," 1985.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MAX. DIA. 5.5", 3.5" DIAMETER OF OPENING, 1/2" FLAT RIM, FLAT BASE 3.8" IN DIAMETER, DULL LUSTER. ORIGINAL INSCRIPTION "POI BOWL" BUT ORIG. CATALOG SAYS "903 SPITTON". HANDLE 1.2" LONG. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
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: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3556-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spittoon
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 8 cm