Poi Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Mar 1937
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mary M. Walcott
notes: label: Notes
content: 'Umeke kou kū'oho - Bowl ('umeke) made of kou wood (Cordia subcordata) carved nearly equal in width and height (kū'oho). Bowl has several repairs including multiple pewa (bow-tie/ butterfly) and kiki (plug) repairs and a patch repair at the base. Height: 9"; diameter ar rim: 12". Kou is a tree indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands and was the favored wood for making 'umeke as it is soft and easy to carve, resistant to wood-boring insects, and does not impart a bitter flavor. Once abundant in coastal and dry lowland regions, kou was nearly extirpated in the late 19th century by the kou leafworm (Ethmia nigroapicella).
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: E378398-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl