Lei (necklace)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-400
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Ornament of strings of finely braided human hair.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Comment:
Description: "part of - LEI NIHO PALAOA ("whale tooth" necklace) symbol of high rank; insignia of extreme importance. Hawaiian. This may be a "heia"-a rememberance of honored dead" (fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns) Remarks: "See Hiroa, Te Rangi (Peter Buck) "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii" 1957 pp. 535-538, Fig. 332, p. 536
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Lei (necklace), accession number 11-400, described as Ornament of strings of finely braided human hair.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Lei (necklace), accession number 11-400, described as Ornament of strings of finely braided human hair.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Lei (necklace), accession number 11-400, described as Ornament of strings of finely braided human hair.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Lei (necklace), accession number 11-400, described as Ornament of strings of finely braided human hair.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lei (necklace), accession number 11-400, described as Ornament of strings of finely braided human hair.

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