Papa pua'a, "pig dish", oblong wooden platter on two runners.
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:
Platters (carrying dishes)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Oceania
Comment:
Description: "PAPA - "platter", PUA'A-"pig" used for serving steam-roasted pork." (fide, Barbara (Kanani) Burns) Remarks: "Exhibited 1978 Settlement of Polynesia" Blue card: "Meat dish (pa) raised on runners, used to hold cooked pork or fish (UCLMA 11-1241)