(a) Hoop and rod bound with pandanus braided cordage, palm fiber. (b) Ball. Coconut fiber.
Donor:
Susan C. Weikel
Collection place:
Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaiian Windward Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii; Honolulu; Honolulu
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes and Susan C. Weikel
Collection date:
August 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
Toy. Said to be replica of pre-contact Hawaiian specimen in Bishop Museum.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
(a)— length 36.5 centimeters and (b)— diameter 8.8 centimeters
Comment:
Description: "Fig. 247 a. 50 in. rod with 3.5 in. x 1.75 in. dia. "tapa" ball (a barkcloth ball) on a 25 in. cord. b. 25.5 in. rod with a 1.8 in. dia. ball." Native name: "Hawaiian name is not recorded" Context of use: "Throw the ball up and quickly position the hoop under it so the ball descends through." "Game of skill" "Bishop Museum has 2 sets" Role in trade: None. Game of skill" References: "Hiroa, Te Rangi (Peter Buck), "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii", p. 375 "Ring and ball", fig. 247 a & b." (fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns, August 10, 1983)