Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Aug 2003
name: label: Donor Name
content: Betty Jane Henderson
notes: label: Notes
content: 3 stranded shell lei made of Euplica varians Columbellidae shells, traditionally called momi shells alternating by bands of Leptothyra verruca Turbinidae and Turbo sandwicensis Turbinidae (kamoa, Samoa) shells, traditionally called kahelelani (the royal going) shells, done in lei pikake style (lei sewn like a flower lei of jasmine). Momi colors inlcude white with brown streaks (kua 'ula), brown spotted (oinikiniki), white (ke 'oke 'o), brown stripes (kahakaha), and blue-gray (uliuli). Kahelelani colors include brown (maku'e), pink ('akala pua, pink flower), and yellow (kamoa). Finished with a white puka shell on either side of one white/brown cowry shell. Ends of strands glued into cowry shell. Strung on white nylon thread. Thread unraveling at top on two strands. One shell loose.
label: Notes
content: Object was on display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Na Mea Makamae o Hawai'i - Hawaiian Treasures", 2004-2005.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Niʻihau (Niihau) Island, Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029749
label: USNM Number
content: E430782-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 45 cm