Makau (fishook) or niho palaoa (whale tooth pendent)

Museum number:
11-1244
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Alternate number:
11-44055 (museum number (recataloged to))
Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Whale's tooth fish hook, "makau palaoa." Recataloged to 11-44055.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Island of Hawai'i, Hawaiian Windward Islands, Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishhooks
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used as fish hook or neck ornament.
Department:
Oceania
Comment:
Description: [object indigenous name spelling correction] "makau palaoa" Remarks: "Exhibted 1978 Settlement of Polynesia" Green card: "Hawaiian whale ivory fishhook. The heavy patination on one side shows that this was a prized hook worn around the neck of its owner. (UCLMA 11-1244)"
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Makau (fishook) or niho palaoa (whale tooth pendent), accession number 11-1244, described as Whale's tooth fish hook, "makau palaoa." Recataloged to 11-44055.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Makau (fishook) or niho palaoa (whale tooth pendent), accession number 11-1244, described as Whale's tooth fish hook, "makau palaoa." Recataloged to 11-44055.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Makau (fishook) or niho palaoa (whale tooth pendent), accession number 11-1244, described as Whale's tooth fish hook, "makau palaoa." Recataloged to 11-44055.

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