Pōhaku (stone)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-1724
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.587
Description:
Hemisphere of stone. Flat surface ground very smooth.
Donor:
Mrs. Jackson R. Myers
Collection place:
Kauai, Hawaiian Windward Islands, Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii; Kauai; Kauai
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Jackson R. Myers
Collection date:
1900-1917
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1922
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
diameter 4.25 inches
Comment:
From blue exhibit label on back of card: "Archaeological polishing stone." Remarks: "Exhibited 1978 Settlement of Polynesia".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pōhaku (stone), accession number 11-1724, described as Hemisphere of stone. Flat surface ground very smooth.

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