introduction
BEGINNINGS:
THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920)


TRANSITION (1920-1945)

EXPANSION (1945-1960)

Africa and Asia
Oceania
01. Model canoe, with paddle and bailer

02. Ceremonial knife and spoon

03. Breadfruit pounder, wood

Latin America

CULMINATION (1960-1980)

RECENT YEARS (1980-2001)

RECENT ACQUISITIONS



Breadfruit pounder, wood
Caroline Islands, Pohnpei
Collected by William R. Bascom 1946, acc. 1965.
11–14903

Breadfruit and yams were the principal starch foods on Pohnpei. Breadfruit was eaten baked, boiled, or fried.