Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Aug 2003
name: label: Donor Name
content: Betty Jane Henderson
notes: label: Notes
content: 2 stranded shell lei made of white with slight brown streaks Euplica varians Columbellidae shells, traditionally called momi kua 'ula shells. Done in lei pikake style (lei sewn like a flower lei of jasmine). Finished with a white puka shell on either side of one white/brown cowry shell. Ends of strands glued into cowry shell. Shells near neckline appear darkened with dirt deposits from contact with skin. 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: E430780-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 44 cm