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Object Number
88-51-70/51517
Display Title
Necklace
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory bead necklace with palaoa.
Inventory Description
Necklace, carved tubular bone beads, curving pendant on fiber string
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Bone, Vegetable fiber, Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 1.8 x 4 cm (12 5/8 x 11/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51517
Provenance
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(1888?)
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