Artifact Number:
 B.02639

Object:
Bowl
Umeke

Material:
 Plant (kou)

Dimensions:
 30.8 x 10.3 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 This is a handmade kou (Cordia subcordata) wood bowl with a traditional finish, nine facets, a flat bottom, and done in the Lahaina style. Possibly used as an ipu holoi lima (finger bowl). "SD"



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