Pū‘ili (bamboo rattle)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-357
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Bamboo dance rattle- pu-ili; musical percussion instrument.
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
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Context of use:
Dance rattle; used in pairs for tapping wrists and shoulders during hula pu-ili dance, named for this instrument.
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown) and S1977-1978 #21: Doe Library (UC Berkeley) (December 7, 1977–March 9, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Pū‘ili (bamboo rattle), accession number 11-357, described as Bamboo dance rattle- pu-ili; musical percussion instrument.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Pū‘ili (bamboo rattle), accession number 11-357, described as Bamboo dance rattle- pu-ili; musical percussion instrument.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Pū‘ili (bamboo rattle), accession number 11-357, described as Bamboo dance rattle- pu-ili; musical percussion instrument.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Pū‘ili (bamboo rattle), accession number 11-357, described as Bamboo dance rattle- pu-ili; musical percussion instrument.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Pū‘ili (bamboo rattle), accession number 11-357, described as Bamboo dance rattle- pu-ili; musical percussion instrument.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pū‘ili (bamboo rattle), accession number 11-357, described as Bamboo dance rattle- pu-ili; musical percussion instrument.

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