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Object Number 2004.29.24119
Display Title Men on porch shaping poi pounders
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Hawaii / Polynesia / Hawaiians shaping Poi pounders with a hard pebble."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 10.4775 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/8 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
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Pestle
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Pestle
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Poi pounder
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Pestle
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Poi pounder
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Pestle
Honolulu County
Poi pounder
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Pestle
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Pestle
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Pestle
Hawaii
Poi pounder
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Pestle
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