Lei of feathers; black with yellow tufts; plaited yellow and orange silk tie. Materials: black 'o'o and yellow 'o'o, 'e'e bird feathers, plaited silk. Indigenous name: "lei hula.
Donor:
Mrs. Gardner Dailey
Collection place:
Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Gardner Dailey and Mrs. Gardner Dailey
Collection date:
1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:
ca. 1880
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Formerly worn by the female aristocracy not only around neck but in the hair as well.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 78 centimeters and length 59 centimeters
Comment:
References: "Hawaii The Royal Isles", Bishop Museum Press, 1980, p. 25-27, 194-195; also Peter Buck, "Arts & Crafts of Hawaii".