H18.119

poi pounder, trachyte rock "Name & provenience confirmed. Dr. K. Emory, Bishop Museum, 27-XII-62" (gray notebook) "Classic Polynesian taro and breadfruit pounders made of coral and basalt." (J. Nason 9/93) "Poi pounder. Trachyte rock. Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia." (warehouse card) "Classic food or poi pounder from Hawaii." (William Davenport, 2/95) "Poi pounder (Hawaiian term is `pohaku ku`i poi'). Hawaii. Made of basalt." (Roger Rose, 4/95)

Used: food processing ~ poi