Kahoa pelesitiki

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Kahoa pelesitiki. Garlands made from plastic components. This kahoa pelesitiki consists of twenty-nine woven blue and white rectangular beads made from craft ribbon along with four small diamond shaped plastic beads of a purple hue. These components are strung in an alternating pattern on nylon thread and connected together to place over the wearer's neck. Kahoa are generally created to gift to others celebrate or mark special occasions, and can be made with a wide variety of natural and synthetic materials.

Accession number: 2004.78.4 Last Update: 3 Jan 2025
Other Name

Necklace (English)

Place
Auckland/New Zealand Niue
Accession Number

2004.78.4

Accession Date

04 Aug 2004

Other Id

56162 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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ornament, neck, 2004.78.4, 56162, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 23 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
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