Necklace (lei niho palaoa)
Object type: Necklace
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Hawai'i
Date: Early 19th century
Medium: Walrus ivory, human hair, fiber (’olonā)

Dimensions: As worn: H. 13 × W. 8 × D. 2 3/4 in. (33 × 20.3 × 7 cm)
Classification: Bone/Ivory-Ornaments
Geography:    Hawai'i United States  
Credit line: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979