Artifact Number:
 04937

Object:
Pendant, niho palaoa
Niho Palaoa

Material:
 Ivory (whale)

Dimensions:
 

Origin:
  Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Hook Pendants. Whale tooth. Height 7.1 cm; shank max. width 2 cm; hook max. width 2.65 cm; hook depth 4.50 cm; oval, uneven hole. No Figure. (Summers) Looks smoked; very yellow. Many linear cracks.



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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