Poi Container
97-120-463A
From: United States of America | Hawaiian Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Native Name | Ipu Pawehe |
Object Number | 97-120-463A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Hawaiian |
Provenience | United States of America | Hawaiian Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Gourd |
Description | Gourd (A) with segment cut from top to form wide mouth. Decorated with vertical panel of wavy lines and bands of cross hatching. Native name: ipupawehe. Used suspended from a pole to transport the poi of nobleman. Net for suspension (B). Native name: koko. Suspension net broken and stored separately. As per ANSP Ledger Remarks ""Ipu pawche," see Mem. Ber. Pau. Bishop Mus II no. 3 pg. 144 + fig 111." |
Height | 19.5 cm |
Depth | 28 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-120-463A - Old Museum Number | 10555 - ANSP Number |
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