Ipu kuha (spittoon)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-1239
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Ipu kuha, "spittoon", small handled wooden bowl, in which chief's saliva was gathered and removed for his protection.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used for gathering and removing saliva of chief, for his protection.
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1963-1964 #51: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 27, 1963–January 11, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ipu kuha (spittoon), accession number 11-1239, described as Ipu kuha, "spittoon", small handled wooden bowl, in which chief's saliva was gathered and removed for his protection.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ipu kuha (spittoon), accession number 11-1239, described as Ipu kuha, "spittoon", small handled wooden bowl, in which chief's saliva was gathered and removed for his protection.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ipu kuha (spittoon), accession number 11-1239, described as Ipu kuha, "spittoon", small handled wooden bowl, in which chief's saliva was gathered and removed for his protection.

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