Lei of feathers; yellow with yellow tufts; black ribbon tie. Materials: yellow mamo bird feathers (long and short); cloth ribbon. Indigenous name: "lei hula." Most valuable of series 11-14661-65.
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
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 75 centimeters and length 53 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: "1978 Settlement of Polynesia" References: "Peter Buck, "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii"; T. Barrow letter in acc. env.
Loans:
S1973-1974 #17: San Diego Museum of Art (May 31, 1973–January 10, 1974)