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A yellow feather lei from Hawaii with yellow silk ribbons at either end. The feathers lie flat and tight along the horizontal. Traditionally, feathered leis would have been worn by women of high status, known as ali'i.
necklaces
feather (material)
silk (textile)
yarn
Necklace
"Hawaiian Leis from Honolulu 1920" and "Hawaiian Feather Leis 1920" (2 white labels with red outline, one handwritten in pencil "Hawaiian Leis from Honolulu 1920" the other in pen "Hawaiian Feather Leis 1920")
Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3619
in HNE Archival material at the Haverhill Collections and Conservation Center
Hawaii (United States)
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