| Catalog Number |
CAS 0458-0443 |
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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; Commercial cotton string; Commercial ribbon |
| Description |
Single strand necklace of twenty-five 8-sided, barrel-shaped ivory beads and a central whale tooth tip pendant; All strung on commercial cotton string, with ends are each tied to a short length of commercial black ribbon which can be tied behind the wearer’s neck. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 2.6, Thickness = 2.1, Length = 31.5 |