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Ipu pawehe (decorated gourd cup)
Ipu pawehe (decorated gourd cup)
Object Number 67-10-70/315
Display Title Ipu pawehe (decorated gourd cup)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ipu pawehe
Inventory Description Cup, gourd with incised and burned lizard and geometric designs, broken
Classification
  • Cup
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 6.3 x 10.3 x 10 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 315
Provenance
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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