Niho palaoa (whale tooth)

Object status:

Deaccessioned

Museum number:

11-36985

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Accession number:

Acc.1345

Description:

Small hook of whale ivory, perforated.

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:

Pendants (jewelry)

Function:

3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office

Accession date:

1960

Department:

Oceania

Dimensions:

width 0.75 inches and length 1.5 inches

Comment:

Description: "Part of lei niho palaoa attached to coils of braided human hair" (fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns). Remarks: "Exhibited 1978 Settlement of Polynesia

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