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Artifact Number:
 00555

Object:
Dish, awa
Kanoa

Material:
 Plant (kamane)

Dimensions:
 33.8 x 33.8 x 11 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
  Kanoa. This is a handmade kamane (Calophyllum inophyllum) wood bowl with a flat bottom and a shellac finish. It is recorded as being a bowl used to prepare and serve awa (Piper methysticum). This bowl is similar to 00418, 00556, & 00558. There are interior water stains. Max rim width: 0.9 cm; bowl depth approx: 9.6 cm.

This object is associated with Ruth Keelikolani

Collection Name: Princess Ruth Keelikolani Collection

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