MAGNIFICENT ANCIENT MUSEUM-QUALITY HAWAIIAN KNOBBED POI POUNDER - From Pahoa, HI
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MAGNIFICENT ANCIENT MUSEUM-QUALITY HAWAIIAN KNOBBED POI POUNDER - From Pahoa, HI:
$2200.00
MAGNIFICENT ANCIENT MUSEUM-QUALITY HAWAIIAN KNOBBED POI POUNDER - From Pahoa, HI
This spectacular poi pounder is dense and quite heavy, weighing in at over 5 lbs! Well-worn and smooth with the patina from many years of use, this museum quality heirloom piece is one-of-a-kind!
- 6\" diameter at base
- 7 1/2\" Height
- Weight: 5 lbs 15.8 oz.
- From the Naoni Estate Collection, Pahoa, Hawaii.
- About Poi Pounders (Arts and Crafts of Hawaii by Sir Peter Hiroa Buck):\"Stone food pounders for mashing cooked taro to prepare poi were of three types: the general form with a terminal rounded knob, ring pounders, and stirrup pounders…...Most of the cooked taro was pounded into poi. Men did the pounding, as it was heavy work. The operator sat on the ground at one end of the pounding board, with his legs extended on each side of the board, a pile of cooked taro at the right side of the board and a bowl of water at the left. The board was moistened with water and some taro was placed on it to be mashed with quick, short strokes of the pounder. The work became harder as more taro was added, and the pounder was then lifted high for every blow. Between strokes, the left was dipped in water and passed over the under-surface of the pounder to moisten it and keep paste from sticking. A firm dough-like mass, termed pa\'i\'ai, was produced....For serving, the pa\'i\'ai was coverted into poi by adding water to the requisite quantity of pa\'i\'ai and kneading with the hands until it reached the consistency of a smooth paste.\"
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MAGNIFICENT ANCIENT MUSEUM-QUALITY HAWAIIAN KNOBBED POI POUNDER - From Pahoa, HI:
$2200.00