Artifact Number:
 C.07885

Object:
Necklace
Lei niho palaoa

Material:
 Ivory (whale), hair, plant (olona)

Dimensions:
 20 x 5 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 The two olona (Touchardia latifolia) tying cords are present. One side has a strand of braided hair woven into it and the other is disconnected from the hair coils on it side. Several strands were severed. A few strands were strung through the hole in the whale tooth pendant, with the rest of the strands in two separate bunches. Everything is tied together with string.



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