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Object Number 85-7-70/37636
Display Title Necklace, candle nut seeds
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Lei kukui
Inventory Description Necklace, candlenuts, twenty five nuts, dark brown, perforated, incised to create curved facets, threaded on beige fabric or ribbon, fabric tied at end
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Honolulu County
Dimensions Overall: 32.2 × 5.2 × 2.6 cm (12 11/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37.636
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)

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