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Kahoa pelesitiki

human history
  • Other Name

    Necklace (English)

  • Description

    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.

  • 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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Images

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

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