Artifact Number:
 C.00139

Object:
Necklace
Lei niho palaoa

Material:
 tooth (whale), human hair, plant (fiber)

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Origin:
 Oahu, Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Named "Kaiwaokalani." Design of facetting at back. Unusually fine specimen. Originally from Oahu, according to Mrs. Rosalie Blaisdell, following back design. Formerly the property of Harriet Panana Hianaloli Napela Parker, mother of Ernest. Inherited from earlier unremembered ancestors.



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