Kahoa pelesitiki

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Kahoa pelesitiki. Neck garlands made from plastic components. These two kahoa pelesitiki are long in length and strung onto nylon thread in an alternating pattern of pink grapes and purple flower beads. The two kahoa are tied together with green ribbon edges with gold thread. 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: 2015.22.19 Last Update: 2 Aug 2023
Other Name

Necklace (English)

Place
Niue
Accession Number

2015.22.19

Accession Date

07 Apr 2015

Other Id

56758.19 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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