Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Aug 2003
name: label: Donor Name
content: Betty Jane Henderson
notes: label: Notes
content: 10 stranded shell "wedding" lei made of white with slight brown streaks Euplica varians Columbellidae shells, traditionally called momi shells. Done in lei kui pololei style (lei sewn straight) (single/old fashioned style). Tip of one shell fits snugly inside the end of another. Sand grains not removed from shell aperture to keep shell straight on string. Finished with a white puka shell on either side of one white cowry shell. Ends of strands glued into cowry shell. Strung on white nylon thread.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Sep 2024
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: E430775-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 60 cm