Lei of feathers; red with yellow tufts; black ribbon tie. Indigenous name: "lei hula." Red (possibly Vini Kuhli i.e. Fanning Id. Lorikeet) and yellow ('o'o, e'e') bird feathers; cloth ribbon.
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 80 centimeters and length 54 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: "1978 Settlement of Polynesia" Blue exhibit label: "Lei hulu with red 'i'iwi and yellow mamo feathers. (UCLMA 11-14662)" "Peter Buck, "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii"; T. Barrow letter in acc. enc.
Loans:
S1973-1974 #17: San Diego Museum of Art (May 31, 1973–January 10, 1974) and S1987-1988 #10: Bowers Museum (August 1987–February 16, 1988)