base
- Museum number
- 2010,2047.3.b
- Description
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Circular base made from the branch of a tree, for a cup (part a).
- Production date
- 2010
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 15 centimetres
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Height: 3.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Information provided by the Bishop Museum, March 2013:
During the exhibition E Ku Ana Ka Paia: Unification, Responsibility and the Ku Images, in Hawaii, 2010, three 'apu, coconut shell cups, filled with 'awa (Piper methysticum), a beverage often drunk during ceremonies, were presented to the three respective Ku images as offerings. The 'apu, made by cultural practitioner Sam Ka'ai were left at the base of each image for the duration of the exhibition. 'Awa residue is what is found at the base of each cup. The three cups now reside with the three institutions that care for the three images, the British Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the Bishop Museum.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- Presented by Marques Marzan on behalf of the Bishop Museum and the delegation of the exhibition's community partners, on the occasion of the return of the Ku figure (Oc,1839,0426.8) which was loaned to the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii in 2010. All four objects came in a Bishop Museum canvas bag 2010,2047.4.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2010,2047.3.b
