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'Awa dish
Object Number 85-7-70/37649
Display Title 'Awa dish
Descriptions
Object Description Shallow gourd bowl - probably used as serving dish for "Awa"
Inventory Description Dish, carved gourd, shallow, oval, tapered to rounded end
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Honolulu County
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 16 x 7.5 cm (13 x 6 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)

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