Object Details
Donor Name
Bishop Museum
Notes
From card: "Composed of 2 gourds the upper one nearly spherical and having a circular 3-1/4 in. deep cut in its upper end. The lower gourd is pear shape, its neck cut off and inserted in the neck of the upper gourd and the two cemented together. Two 5/16 in. holes are bored in lower gourd about 1/2 in. apart near neck and a loop of white cotton cloth woven through for a handle. Drum is held by the loop with the left hand and beaten by the right hand. It has no skin head. Used in the Hula and as an accompaniment to dancing and singing." A.k.a. ipu pa'i or ipu hula.
Object was on display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Na Mea Makamae o Hawai'i - Hawaiian Treasures", 2004-2005. Identified by Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler as a gourd idiophone (ipu heke).
Record Last Modified
13 Jul 2023
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
Accession Date
5 Dec 1903
Accession Number
041979
USNM Number
E222177-0
Object Type
Drum
Place
Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
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Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8365064