Pōhaku ku‘i ‘ai (poi pounder)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-1712
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.587
Description:
Poi pounder; ring type; of coarse lava.
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
Object class:
Poi pounders
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1922
Context of use:
Poi pounder.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 4 inches, length 7 inches, and height 5.5 inches
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown), S1963-1964 #51: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 27, 1963–January 11, 1964), and S1976-1977 #11: Department of Nutritional Sciences (UC Berkeley) (September 17, 1976–March 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pōhaku ku‘i ‘ai (poi pounder), accession number 11-1712, described as Poi pounder; ring type; of coarse lava.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pōhaku ku‘i ‘ai (poi pounder), accession number 11-1712, described as Poi pounder; ring type; of coarse lava.

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