mirror
- Museum number
- Oc,HAW.95
- Description
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Circular mirror made of ground black stone (lava); pierced near edge for suspension.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 8.50 centimetres
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Depth: 0.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register slip comment:
'Kila Pohaku' [ = the stone one looks into]
Dipped into water when required. Also appled to boils, by the kahunas or medicine men'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1975 – 1985 12 Dec-23 Jun, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, Hawaii
- Acquisition notes
- No date or means of acquisition on registration Slip. Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,HAW.95
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc????D6.95 (old CDMS no.)