Necklace

Museum number:
11-1253
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.334
Object count:
1
Description:
Of buttons cut from whale's tooth, European imitation. "Lei palaoa.
Donor:
Charles P. Wilcomb and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
before 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Oceania
Comment:
Description: "These are not buttons, nor are they "European imitation." They are pre-European wrist ornaments; one side lies flat on the wrist with the ovoid or round hemispherical side is out. Strung on cordage." Remarks: "Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter Buck), "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii," p. 551, Fig. 339 & p. 552" "Exhibited 1978 Settlement of Polynesia" Blue exhibit label: "Necklace of whale's tooth beads. Such beads are used more commonly for bracelets. (UCLMA 11-1253)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Necklace, accession number 11-1253, described as Of buttons cut from whale's tooth, European imitation. "Lei palaoa.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Necklace, accession number 11-1253, described as Of buttons cut from whale's tooth, European imitation. "Lei palaoa.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Necklace, accession number 11-1253, described as Of buttons cut from whale's tooth, European imitation. "Lei palaoa.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Necklace, accession number 11-1253, described as Of buttons cut from whale's tooth, European imitation. "Lei palaoa.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 11-1253, described as Of buttons cut from whale's tooth, European imitation. "Lei palaoa.

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