Object class: Baskets by technique / Collector: François L. A. Pioche / Donor: Benjamin Bristol - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Lei (necklace), accession number 11-1185, described as Original entry: "Braided human-hair rope" Additions: "N.B. This hank is NOT braided; it is twined. This may be a 'heia', a rememberance of honored dead." Fide Barbara (Kenani) Burns: "Called 'whale tooth necklace'" Part of a 'lei niho palaoa' Ivory tooth necklace.