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Object Number 38-114-70/1016
Display Title Lei, feather
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Lei mamo
Object Description Feather lei
Inventory Description Lei, rounded, yellow, red, and black feathers twined with thread, yarn ties
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Hawaii County / Keauhou
Dimensions Overall: 60 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm (23 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 38-114-70/1016
Provenance
Collector James C. Greenway (Nov. 1938)
Donor Dr. Thomas Barbour (Dec. 1, 1938)

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