Wooden Poi Bowl And Lid
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Jan 1947
name: label: Donor Name
content: Princess Abigail W. Kawananakoa
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Bowl height (without lid) 10"; breadth base 9"; diameter at rim 18"; rim thickness 5/8". Greatest circumference 60 1/4". Umeke or poi bowl and circular base of single piece of milo wood. King's crest carved in two places on bottom of base. Fitted lid of same material with King's crest carved in center of top and bottom surfaces. Exterior of bowl and lid highly polished. Specimen described in Princess Kawananakoa's Will as "A large Milo calabash with cover to match, belonging to King Kalakaua." King Kalakaua, 7th King of Hawaii, died in San Francisco, Jan. 29, 1891. He was elected to the Hawaiian throne Feb. 12, 1874."
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: Notes
content: 'Umeke milo pālewa - Bowl ('umeke) made of kou wood (Cordia subcordia) carved short and wide (pālewa). Milo is favorable for carving 'umeke as it is a relatively soft wood and does not attract boring insects.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
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: 170851
label: USNM Number
content: E384234-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl