Material culture artifacts of Micronesia



Geneva presented her mehn koapir, a decorative paddle used for dancing on Pohnpei.


Mehn koapir, reportedly made of Hibiscus tiliaceus.


Grace holding and presenting a breadfruit splitting stick known on Pohnpei as a pwai.


A mwaramwar.


Breilon brought in a Pohnpeian ahk en kod mwangas: a coconut husking stick made of mangrove wood.


Keanu presented a Woleaian purse known as a geigash, made from pandanus.



Anastasia presented the Pohnpeian local broom called a kepenok. She brought a coconut leaflet rather than the broom.


Carmegarose displaying the Pohnpeian traditional foods basket known as a kiam.
Joseph of Woleai showing the class the local fan known as galibeo.

Burt, Allen Ray, Jinisha, Austin, and Shirleven all brought in a ngarangar, the coconut shell used to serve sakau en Pohnpei. When sakau is in the ngarangar the ngarangar is referred to as a kohwa.


A close-up of a ngarangar


En Neiritancy "Neiivahlynn" described the ias, a breadfruit picking pole. They are too long to transport.


Macylin presented the Kosraean pulat sranu - the "plate made of coconut leaf"

Pulat sranu, perhaps pulat sracnu.


Jenry-Thor presented a Chuukese love stick and told of how it was used


Kosraean Hartsey with a traditional Kosraean foods basket, the fohtoh.


Kosraean fohtoh


Lyviane of Ulithi presented a local sun hat called a cholfach.


Ulithian cholfach


Larisa displayed a mwaramwar.


The flowers included Ixora, Spathoglottis, and Caesalpinia pulcherrima. 


Baldezzar of Woleai brought in a basket known as a shiiugiu


Woleaian shiiugiu

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