Teeth anklet fragment fastened to twine mesh; twine fastened thru holes in teeth.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anklets
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Oceania
Comment:
Provenience: "kupe'e niho 'ilio Hawaiian (corrected diacritical marks)" (fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns) Native name: "kup'e niho ilio" Materials: "Canines only (no incisors or mortars); olona fiber were used" Context of use: "Worn on ankles of men while performing dances (hula). Peculiar to Hawaii; worn in pairs. Not used in "all hula"." References: "Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter Buck), "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii", p. 553, Figs. 341 & 342 (the latter, printed by Choris, is depicted upside down.)