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Object Number
99-12-70/53171
Display Title
Lei, feather
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Lei pani'o or Lei 'oni
Object Description
Portion of feather roll (leis). Polychrome banded and spiral patterned lei with green feathers. The green feathers are probably those of the Ou.
Inventory Description
Feather lei, yellow, red, green, banded pattern, feathers bound in column with fiber cordage, thin copper wire wrapped at one end
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Additional Geographic Terms
Hawaiian Island
Materials
Feather , Fiber , Copper
Dimensions
Overall: 18.8 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm (7 3/8 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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Necklace
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Honolulu County
| |
| 34-160-70/312 | Lei, feather |
Necklace
|
Hawaii
| |
| 38-114-70/1016 | Lei, feather |
Necklace
|
Keauhou
| |
| 27-5-70/D2933 | Lei, feather |
Necklace
|
Hawaii
| |
| 85-7-70/37629 | Lei, feather |
Necklace
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 34-160-70/312.1 | Lei, feather bundle |
Feather
|
Hawaii
| |
| 998-29-70/5802 | Lei, or hat band, in process of manufacture |
Hat
|
Waipahu
| |
|
Image Not Available
for O-o feather wreath. Feathers from the Lei Hulu
| 71-8-70/2906 | O-o feather wreath. Feathers from the Lei Hulu |
Hawaii
| ||
| 2004.24.34425.2 | Four women with leis |
Photographic
|
Hawaii
| |
| 11-2-70/83926 | 'Ula lei (necklace) of carved whale teeth |
Necklace
|
Fiji
Samoa | |
| 2000.16.6 | Lei, crepe paper |
Ornament
|
Tonga
| |
| 2000.16.7 | Lei, crepe paper, cotton fiber, with damage |
Ornament
|
Tonga
|