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Ivory pendant from a Hawaiian "lei niho palaoa" necklace. Pendant usually suspended from multiple thin braids of human hair. Worn only by men and woment of the elite class - or ali'i - lei niho palaoa were potent symbols of status and sacred power.
pendants (jewelry)
ivory (tooth component)
Pendant
"E /47, 162" (handwritten)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,162
FD055
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
4 x 1 9/16 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1454
Volume 9, No. 1
Hawaii (United States)
Title Necklace Accession Number 2006.44.420
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