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Object Number
71-8-70/2901
Display Title
Lei niho palaoa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Lei niho palaoa
Object Description
Necklace of human hair with pendant cut from whale tooth.
Inventory Description
Necklace, multiple strands of braided human hair, carved ivory pendant, cord
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 40 x 13 x 5.4 cm (15 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2901/ POISON
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
(1871)
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