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Object Number 06-5-70/66927
Display Title Poi pounder
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Pohaku ku'i poi
Inventory Description Pestle, round base tapered to knobbed handle, chipped
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.9 x 8.9 x 8.4 cm (6 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66927
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1906)

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