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Necklace (Lei Niho Palaoa)

The Lei Niho Palaoa is a necklace made up of braided human hair and the ivory from whales. The necklace was mostly worn by Hawaiian nobility and was used to indicate their heritage from the Gods. However due to an increasing American influence which…

Tags: 19th century, Americanisation, Christianity, Culture, Fashion, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, Jewellery, Lei, Lei Niho Palaoa, Material Culture, Material Object, Necklace, Nobility, Spirituality, Traditional Dress, Westernisation

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