Artifact Number:
 04964

Object:
Pendant, niho palaoa
Niho Palaoa

Material:
 Ivory (whale)

Dimensions:
 

Origin:
  Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Hook Pendants. Bought on January 12, 1887 for 0.75 cents from Waikapu of Waikakuu, S. Kona, Hawaii. (Emerson) Whale tooth. Height 8.7 cm; shank max. width 2.85 cm; hook max. width 3.38 cm; hook depth 5.05 cm; round hole. No Figure. (Summers)



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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