FMNH 191421.nosub[1]

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology | 51-12 | Provenience: Polynesia, Hawaii Island or Oahu Island | People or Culture: Hawaiian | Object: Platter (Paloloa) | Material: Wood | Description: Hand carved meat platter, elongated, with rounded corners, flat bottom, glossy patina on rim and outer body highlighting tiger-striped grain of wood. Interior also vertically grained but unpolished. | Dimensions: (in cm.) 44.7 cm. h. 5.0 cm. w. 19.1 cm. | Collection: Gift of Mrs. Wayne Nash Garwood, 8/17/81 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 191421 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 3526 [BACK] 191421 | C.F. Buck, Arts and Crafts of Hawaii, B.M.P. Spec. Pub. 45, 1957, pp. 38-39. Especially see p. 48, Fig 27b.
Catalog Number: 191421.nosub[1]
Description: platter
Materials: wood
Cultural Attribution: Hawaiian
Accession Number: [3526] W. N. Garwood (Gift)
Accession Year: 1981
Collector/Source: Mrs. Wayne N. Garwood, Nash
EMu IRN: 1095350
GUID: c6355aec-a436-462b-8950-3a5b6ae50179

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