La'au lomilomi (stick)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-1250
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Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
S-shaped stick, back-scratcher, "la'au lomi-lomi.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Island of Hawai'i, Hawaiian Windward Islands, Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Back scratchers
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Oceania
Comment:
Description: "Used by an individual to massage own back. A massager, not a scratcher." (fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns) Remarks: "Exhibited 1978 Settlement of Polynesia
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled La'au lomilomi (stick), accession number 11-1250, described as S-shaped stick, back-scratcher, "la'au lomi-lomi.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled La'au lomilomi (stick), accession number 11-1250, described as S-shaped stick, back-scratcher, "la'au lomi-lomi.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled La'au lomilomi (stick), accession number 11-1250, described as S-shaped stick, back-scratcher, "la'au lomi-lomi.

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