Gourd Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: James D. Dana
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: A BOWL MADE FROM A GOURD WHICH HAS BEEN CUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY UP FOR AN OPENING, WAS USED PRESUMABLY FOR FOOD. THERE ARE THREE LARGE CRACKS AND SMALL HOLES IN THE BOTTOM. THE GOURD IS ORANGE IN COLOR. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO WRITTEN ON GOURD, "SANDWICH ISL. BY J.D. DANA...". CALLED "UMEKE," USED AS A FOOD BOWL. - 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: E3552-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Diameter - Middle
content: 15 cm