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 brown and white cowry shell. Ends of strands glued into cowry shell. Shells near neckline appear darkened from contact with skin. Sand deposits in those shells also darkened. 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: E430776-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm