| Catalog Number |
CAS 0458-0442 |
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| Category |
Jewelry & Metalwork |
| Object Name |
Necklace |
| Culture |
Polynesian: Hawaiian |
| Global Region |
Oceania |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Hawaii |
| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. late 1800s to early 1900s |
| Collection Name |
Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) |
| Materials |
Ivory: sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tooth; Glass beads; Nylon cordage |
| Description |
Single strand necklace of eighteen ovoid ivory beads of slightly different sizes, alternating with sixteen spherical, translucent pink glass beads, with a central curved ivory lei niho palaoa pendant; Strung on commercial multi-ply nylon cordage (a 20th century replacement), with ends knotted together so the necklace must be slipped over the wearer’s head. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 3.9, Thickness = 3.5, Length = 32.5 |