Lei (necklace)
- Object status:
- Deaccessioned
- Museum number:
- 11-36987
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110036987
- Accession number:
- Acc.1345
- Description:
- Tooth and bead necklace.
- Donor:
- Arthur Rodgers and Mr. Carrol J. Rodgers
- Collection place:
- Hawaiian Islands
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Hawaii
- Culture or time period:
- Hawaiian
- Collector:
- Arthur Rodgers
- Collection date:
- 1881
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Necklaces
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- 1960
- Department:
- Oceania
- Dimensions:
- 14 meters
- Comment:
- Description: "Dog" tooth and "whaletooth" necklace. "1. Lei niho'ilio is properly all dog teeth. This lei is interspersed with ivory wristlet ornaments (not called "whaletooth") which are flat on one side." (fide August 3, 1983 Barbara (Kanani) Burns). Native name and meaning: "Lei niho 'i lio = necklace tooth dog." Materials: "Strung on cotton twine." "Ivory" (Mother of Pearl crossed out) and dog teeth. "(only canine teeth are used for adornment and in feathered images)" Context of use: "Worn for personal adornment." "Not possessed by non-chiefly class; ivory a symbol of rank." Exhibited: "1978 Settlement of Polynesia" References: "1. Hiroa, Te Rangi (Peter Buck), Arts and Crafts of Hawaii, p. 545" On back of card: "Dog's tooth necklaces (lei 'ilio) were worn only until enough teeth had been collected to make a dancer's leglet. This example includes beads made from whale's teeth. (UCLMA 11-36987)," handwritten: "not 'beads' - These are wristlet ornaments.
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