necklace
- Museum number
- Oc,LMS.218
- Description
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Necklace (lei niho palaoa) made of human hair and whale tooth.
- Production date
- 18thC-19thC(early) (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 26.50 centimetres
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Width: 10.50 centimetres
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Depth: 6 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- LMS slip: "181 Bone ornament for the neck, suspended by plaited human hair - presented by Mr [William] Ellis"
Lei Nino palaoa (name of whale's tooth)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,LMS.218
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1911C27.218 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1890,Loan (originally loaned to BM in 1890 by LMS)
