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Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0524   CAS 0143-0524; Poi pounder
Category Culinary Items; Tools & Implements
Object Name Poi pounder
Culture Polynesian: Marquesan
Global Region Oceania
Country Marquesas Islands
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone: basalt
Description Poi pounder pecked and ground to shape; Pounding surface is round and convex, and its sides rise up, tapering to the knobbed, phallic handle; Color is black.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 9.6, Length = 16.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0525   CAS 0143-0525; Octopus lure
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Octopus lure
Culture Polynesian: Hawaiian
Global Region Oceania
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Hawaii
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Shell: cowrie (Cypraeidae); Stone; Metal; String; Cloth
Description Octopus lure consisting of large cowrie shell (unmodified except for small hole made at either end to facilitate hafting) and hemispherical, grooved sinker stone, both hafted back-to-back to parallel pair of metal hooks wrapped in cloth; Cord wraps around ends of shell and across stone and extends for a short length, ending in a large loop.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.0, Width = 6.5, Length = 13.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0533   CAS 0143-0533; Pounder
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Pounder
Culture Polynesian: Hawaiian
Global Region Oceania
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Hawaii
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 14.0, Width = 8.9, Length = 14.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0664   CAS 0143-0664; Sinker
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Sinker
Culture Polynesian: Hawaiian
Global Region Oceania
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Hawaii
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.8, Thickness = 3.1, Length = 6.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0665   CAS 0143-0665; Game implement
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Game implement
Culture Polynesian: Hawaiian
Global Region Oceania
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Hawaii
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone
Description Gaming stone in the form of a round disk, pecked and ground to overall shape; Both dorsal and ventral surfaces are slightly convex and edges are rounded.
Dimensions (cm) Thickness = 3.2, Max Diam = 5.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0697   CAS 0143-0697; Mortar
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Mortar
Culture Polynesian
Global Region Oceania
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Polynesia
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.1, Max Diam = 10.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0733   CAS 0143-0733; Adze blade
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Adze blade
Culture Polynesian: Tahitian
Global Region Oceania
Country Society Islands
State/Prov./Dist. Tahiti
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.8, Thickness = 1.7, Length = 7.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0769   CAS 0143-0769; Adze blade
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Adze blade
Culture Polynesian: Hawaiian
Global Region Oceania
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Hawaii
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.7, Thickness = 1.7, Length = 5.7
Catalog Number CAS 0143-0788   CAS 0143-0788; Club
Category Weaponry
Object Name Club
Culture Polynesian: Fijian
Global Region Oceania
Country Fiji
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 19th century
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 11.5, Length = 44.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0801   CAS 0143-0801; Spear
Category Weaponry
Object Name Spear
Culture Polynesian: Samoan
Global Region Oceania
Country Samoa
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 3.1, Length = 282.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0807   CAS 0143-0807; Spear
Category Weaponry
Object Name Spear
Culture Polynesian: Samoan
Global Region Oceania
Country Samoa
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Polynesia
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.9, Length = 233.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0808   CAS 0143-0808; Spear
Category Carvings; Weaponry
Object Name Spear
Culture Polynesian: Fijian
Global Region Oceania
Country Fiji
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 4.6, Length = 237.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0812   CAS 0143-0812; Bait cup
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Bait cup
Culture Polynesian: Hawaiian
Global Region Oceania
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Hawaii
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.2, Max Diam = 9.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0144-0002   CAS 0144-0002; Tapa cloth
Category Textiles
Object Name Tapa cloth
Culture Polynesian: Tongan
Global Region Oceania
Country Tonga
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Mulberry bark; Dyes
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = ca. 160.0, Length = ca. 175.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0144-0004   CAS 0144-0004; Kapa skirt
Category Textiles
Object Name Kapa skirt
Culture Polynesian: Hawaiian
Global Region Oceania
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Hawaii
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early to mid 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Mamade (Pipturus albidus) fiber, possibly; Pigments: red dirt (rust brown) and kukui nut shavings mixed with kukui oil (black)
Description Rectangular kapa cloth made from strips of mulberry bark that have been beaten very smooth and overlapped and then completely dyed yellow; Design field of cloth is bilaterally divided down the center along its long axis, with one half undecorated and the other half stamped with a series of rectangular blocks arranged in a checkerboard pattern; Each stamped block is composed of smaller geometric designs, applied by repeatedly stamping with a narrow bamboo stamp, which allowed for a change in the actual design as well as the color within a design block; There are four different designs, including the kalahale or bent knee design, a set of interlocking Vs in sets of four; Some of the blocks are completely a rust brown color, some are completely black (although largely faded to blue), and some are a combination of the two colors; This kapa cloth is a complete child’s or young woman’s wrap-around skirt, worn with the design along the bottom and the undecorated upper side folded down and over a belt; The degree to which this skirt is decorated suggests that it belonged to someone of high class.
Dimensions (cm) Width = ca. 103.0, Length = ca. 224.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0144-0012   CAS 0144-0012; Mat
Category Textiles
Object Name Mat
Culture Polynesian
Global Region Oceania
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data South Pacific
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plant material
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = ca. 165.0, Length = ca. 164.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0144-0013   CAS 0144-0013; Tapa cloth
Category Textiles
Object Name Tapa cloth
Culture Polynesian
Global Region Oceania
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data South Pacific
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Mulberry bark; Dyes
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = ca. 203.0, Length = ca. 264.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0144-0014   CAS 0144-0014; Mat
Category Textiles
Object Name Mat
Culture Polynesian
Global Region Oceania
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data South Pacific
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plant material
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = ca. 200.5, Length = ca. 223.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0145-0143   CAS 0145-0143; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Polynesian: Samoan
Global Region Oceania
Country Samoa
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plant material
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 18.2, Width = 24.5, Length = 26.3

Catalog Number

 CAS 0145-0161   CAS 0145-0161; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Polynesian: Samoan
Global Region Oceania
Country Samoa
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plant material
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.8, Width = 17.0, Length = 18.0
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