Poi Container Suspension Net
97-120-463B
From: United States of America | Hawaiian Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Koko |
| Object Number | 97-120-463B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hawaiian |
| Provenience | United States of America | Hawaiian Islands |
| Culture Area | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Plant Fiber |
| Description | A small kōkō (carrying net) made of several cords. The net has been broken. The net is used with a ipu pawehe (97-120-463A). Cordage (nā kaula) was fundamental to Hawaiian life. It secured fishing implements, supported house construction, lashed drums, and formed carrying devices such as kōkō, netting used to suspend calabashes and wooden bowls. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-463B - Old Museum Number | 10555 - ANSP Number |
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