Artifact Number:
 C.07884

Object:
Necklace
Lei niho palaoa

Material:
 Ivory, hair

Dimensions:
 26 x 13 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 No olona (Touchardia latifolia) cordage is present, leaving all the strands of braided hair loose and unbound. Several strands are severed. The pendant appears to have been smoked. Brown cotton cordage had been used in attempts to bind braided hair together.



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