Artifact Number:
 D.04599

Object:
Necklace
Lei niho palaoa

Material:
 Ivory(tooth), hair

Dimensions:
 29 x 3

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Made of whale ivory and human hair. Tooth appears to be old while the braids is of the later kind, heavy and sparse. Came into donors possession about 1900 from a cousin who had been with the salvation army in Hawaii.



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