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Object Number
27-5-70/D2918
Display Title
Bracelets
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Apolima palaoa; Kupe'e palaoa
Object Description
Native ivory bracelets. Fragments of whale tooth or ivory tusk were often carved into ovoid or elliptical ornaments. These ornaments were pierced to accomodate a cord for encircling the wrist. The color was often enhanced artificially.
Inventory Description
Ornament, ivory, oval disk, semispherical, smooth surface, dark cracks in surface, flat base, two connecting perforations in base
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 6.3 × 4.6 × 1.5 cm (2 1/2 × 1 13/16 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D2918
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor
Mr. Edward Tenney
(1927)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-5-70/D2917 | Bracelets |
Ornament
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-12-70/64544 | Wrist ornament |
Ornament
|
Hawaii
| |
| 69-30-10/1987 | Ivory bracelets |
Ornament
|
Alaska
| |
| 2004.29.2605 | Ornaments of Mother of Pearl, two arrow heads, ivory bead and two bone ornaments |
Nueces County
| ||
| 06-20-70/66596 | 2 rattan bracelets, 3 boars tusks |
Bracelet
|
Bataan
| |
| 14-63-50/B572 | Ivory bracelets (child's) |
Ornament
|
Egypt
| |
| 99-12-70/53566 | Lei niho palaoa, necklace of human hair and walrus tusk (meant to imitate whale tooth) |
Necklace
|
Hawaii
| |
| 27-5-70/D2919.1 | Wrist ornament |
Ornament
|
Hawaii
| |
| 49-14-50/7732 | Ivory bracelets. Kosa |
Bracelet
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 14-63-50/B548 | Armlet, ivory; 1 whole, 2 in 3 pieces each |
Raw Material
Ornament |
Egypt
| |
| 85-7-70/37626 | Lei niho palaoa |
Necklace
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 15-12-50/B1431 | Fragments of ivory bracelets |
Utilized bone
|
Kerma
|