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Artifact Number:
 00558

Object:
DISH
Kanoa

Material:
 Plant (kou)

Dimensions:
 38.1 x 38.1 x 13.8 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Kanoa. This is a handmade kou (cordia subcordata) wood bowl with a flat bottomwith a traditiona finish. It is recorded as being a bowl used to prepare and serve awa (Piper methysticum). Similar to #00418, 00555, 00556. Water stains in interior. One crack in interior. Top edge angles downward to a smaller base: 22 cm (diam). max rim width: 0.7 cm; bowl depth approx: 11.8 cm.



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