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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Oceanic; Polynesian; Hawaiian
Title:Necklace
Type:Adornment
Materials:Mimosa seeds, thread (mostly deteriorated)
Place Made:Oceania; Polynesia; Kingdom of Hawaii (United States); Hawaii; Maui
Measurements:longest piece: 3/8 x 15 1/4 x 2 in.; .9525 x 38.735 x 5.08 cm
Narrative Inscription:  In black ink on paper card secured to the object with five white thread stitches: "Mimosa seed Seuritir Plant Necklace made by girls in Miss Helen E. Carpenter's School Maui Sandwich Is."
Accession Number:  MH 2003.26.8
Credit Line:Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Missionary Cabinet. Mimosa seed necklace, now broken into 10 large pieces and 7 small pieces; made of six rows (alternating direction of slant of seeds) with loops on top and bottom, and a small loop on each end to which two longer loops are secured.

Tags:
indigenous people; missionaries

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