Kava Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Augustus L. Case
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: A SMALL, SHALLOW, CARVED WOODEN BOWL WITH EVERTEDLIP, AND WITH FOUR SLIGHTLY TAPERED LEGS. THERE IS A SQUARED OFF LUG ON THE UNDERSIDE HAVING TWO HOLES IN IT, THROUGH WHICH IS TIED A LENGTH OF TWISTED COCONUT FIBER CORD ABOUT 28 CM. LONG. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO WRITTEN ON BOWL, "CASE", "SAMOA, EX EX 6--V[INCENNES]". EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "EVERTED LIPS, LUG. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3573-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 33.5 cm