Human hair and walrus ivory necklace
- Title:
- Human hair and walrus ivory necklace
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Dr. Wesley Newcomb
- Site:
- Hawaiian Islands
- Location:
- Hawaiian Islands
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- Anthr1882_004_0003_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 882.4.3
- File Name:
- Anthr1882_004_0003_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Hawaiian (culture or style)
- Work Type:
- necklaces
- Materials/Techniques:
- human hair
ivory
fiber - Subject:
- Hawaiian (culture or style)
jewelry
necklaces
human hair
ivories (sculptures)
beads - Measurement:
- 20.3 (braided hair) (centimeters)
9.5 x 4 (ivory hook) (centimeters)
26.4 x 0.4 (fiber cord) (centimeters) - Description:
- lei-niho-palaoa
human hair and walrus ivory necklace with 337 finely braided square cords of hair on each side of a carved ivory hook with braided fiber cords for fastening around the neck
worn exclusively by the high chiefs (alii)
walrus Ivory obtained from foreign sailors - Bibliography:
- Buck, Peter H. "Coming of the Maori", pp. 288-289
Malo, David. 1951 "Hawaiian Antiquities" B.P. Bishop Mus. Spec. Pub. 2:77. Honolulu
Penniman, T.K. 1952 "Pictures of Ivory and other Animal Teeth, Bone, and Antler" Oxford. Plate IX & pp. 26. - Archival Collection:
- Early 20th-century items from the Philippines and neighboring island nations
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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