Object Details
- Collector
- Irma R. Farden
- Donor Name
- Hailama Farden
- Made of wiliwili seeds from the coral tree - red seeds: Erythrina sandwicensis; black seeds: Erythrina variegata; white (actually beige colored seeds): Erythrina variegata alba. The seeds are strung on nylon monofilament and then attached to a synthetic yarn which ties around the wearer's neck. At each end of the lei is a large round black seed of a different species.
- Record Last Modified
- 22 Jul 2019
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
- Accession Date
- 3 Aug 2007
- Collection Date
- 1980
- Accession Number
- 2044027
- USNM Number
- E432085-0
- Object Type
- Lei
- Length - Object
- 22 cm
- Width - Object
- 18 cm
- Place
- Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8554096
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/326cbb797-539b-40c5-b76a-4d0a1eb7ff74
