H74.639.2653

Bowl. Description: Round; wood; polished outside. Condition: very good; cracks repaired with native pitch. Remarks: Storage:Marquesas Is./Polynesia. "Poi bowl--``umeke'. Hawaii. Made of `koa' wood (cordia subcordata). Exterior shellacked. Two butterfly patches. Rim chipped in two places, otherwise a respectable example." (Roger Rose, 4/95)

Used: food service ~ poi