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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Oceanic; Polynesian: Hawaiian
Title:Whale tooth necklace (lei niho palaoa)
Date Made:early 19th century
Type:Adornment
Materials:Human hair, olona fiber, and walrus ivory
Place Made:Oceania; Polynesia; Kingdom of Hawaii (United States); Hawaii
Measurements:Overall: 15 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 39.37 cm x 17.145 cm x 5.715 cm
Accession Number:  MH 7.V.M
Credit Line:Source and date of acquisition unknown (probably 1844)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Missionary Cabinet. necklace made of braided human hair, olona fiber, with large walrus ivory pendant that is in a hook shape and has ink inscription on front side reading: "[?] Mi[cro]nesia / necklace." Bundled brown stands roped together with string. Braided cord where necklace ties in back.

Tags:
indigenous people; missionaries; walrus; abstract; tusks

Subjects:
Missionaries; Art, Abstract; Indigenous peoples

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