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Object Number
2004.29.24078
Display Title
Offering of awa to Pele
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Hawaii / Polynesia / Hawaii"; printed on card on object: "An offering to Pele, found / on the still warm lava of the / flow of 1887. The red hand- / kerchief contains awa. J. / S. E. / No. 134. / Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Native Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 × 15.5575 cm (3 × 6 1/8 in.)
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