pōhaku kuʻi poi / pōhaku kuʻi ʻai
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Plunger
The most important staple food in Hawai'i was poi, a mash made from cooked and then mashed taro or kalo (Colocasia esculenta). For the preparation, a large tamping board was used on which the taro tubers were crushed and ground with stone pestles. [UM]
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Plunger
Dimensions
Höhe: 21 cm, Durchmesser: 14
cm
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Linden-Museum
Stuttgart
Inventory number
087670
Provenance and sources
when
19th century or earlier
where
Hawaii
when
1913
Provenance
The object is
part of a collection that the Linden-Museum received from the Royal
Natural History Cabinet in Stuttgart in 1913. Augustin Krämer, who was
the first director of the Linden-Museum from 1911 to 1915, acquired it
during his stay in Hawai'i in 1897. Hawai'i and the Gilbert Islands
(Kiribati) were stopovers on his journey from South America to Sāmoa
(1897-1899). The exact circumstances of the acquisition are not yet
known. [UM]
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