Artifact Number:
 01317

Object:
NECKLACE, NIHO PALAOA
Niho Palaoa

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

Dimensions:
 

Origin:
  Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Chiefly Pendant. Lei palaoa from Kona, Hawaii. The hook is made of a hale's tooth and the necklace is made of human hair. Worn as a badge of chieftainship when going into battle and for other state occasions. (Emerson) Whale tooth. Height 11.1 cm; shank max. width 3.40 cm; hook max. width 3.83 cm; hook depth 6.10 cm. Length of coil on both sides is 26 cm. Figure 261. (Summers)



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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