FMNH 62884.nosub[1]

  • 62884 lei niho palaoa, animal tooth; walrus tusk ivory neck ornament
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Chief's necklace. Tradition type, made of strands of braided human hair, with a whale tooth pendant. Traditional and post-contact forms of lei niko palaoa [necklace].
  • Map of Polynesian Island Group
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Carved wood figure or head. Map of Polynesian Island Group. Installed 1956.
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    Scanner: Cassie Pontone : Field Museum of Natural History
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Columbian Museum. | 51-26 | Country Hawaii | Locality | People Stock | Name Necklace of many loops of finely plaited fibre with carved ivory pendant. | Collection E.E. Ayer- gift | Where Placed | Notes | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 62884 | Acc. 827
Catalog Number: 62884.nosub[1]
Description: neck ornament
Materials: animal tooth; ivory, fiber
Cultural Attribution: Hawaiian
Accession Number: [827] E. E. Ayer (Gift)
Accession Year: 1902
Collector/Source: Edward E. Ayer : Field Columbian Museum [FCM], Edward E. Ayer : Field Columbian Museum [FCM]
EMu IRN: 1293274
GUID: 6b4f887e-7514-4821-b29c-1b47c7d55766

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