Hawaiian "lei niho palaoa" neck ornament with a large, carved ivory pendant attached to many strands made from tightly braided human hair. Worn only by men and women of the elite class - ali'i - lei niho palaoa were potent symbols of status and sacred power.
Date: ca. 1830
Maker: unknown
Material: human hair, ivory (tooth component), tusk
GUSN: 102953
Accession Number: 2006.44.420
Long necklace of elongated bone beads each separated by a round colored glass and metal beads with white claw or tooth as central pendant.
Date: 1866-1925
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 102954
Accession Number: 2006.44.421
Hawaiian dog-tooth leg ornament, or kupe'e niho 'ilio. Wide anklet of layered dog teeth strung with two-ply twine attached to thicker looped plant fiber. Worn by men during dance ceremonies.
Material: tooth, twine
GUSN: 102955
Accession Number: 2006.44.422
Ojibway beaded green, orange, yellow, purple, blue, white, red, pink belt sash with floral design.
Date: 1870-1925
GUSN: 102956
Accession Number: 2006.44.423
Silver posy holder with floral chased and repousse decoration. Tulip-shaped cup constructed of six leaf-shaped petals attached to a hollow silver stem. A silver chain and pin are attached at the base of the cup. The pin would pierce the flower stems inserted into the cup to keep them stationary. The...
Date: ca. 1840
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 102957
Accession Number: 2002.29.15
Gold wedding band with thin parallel lines engraved near each exterior rim. The interior bears an inscription of the couple's initials and their wedding date (see Inscriptions).
Date: 1844
Material: gold alloy
GUSN: 102958
Accession Number: 2002.29.13
This headdress is composed of a single strand of silk leaves, white silk flowers, and wax-coated silk orange blossoms. It has a pair of matching drop orange blossom earrings with french wires (.2ab) and a corsage of orange blossoms and leaves set against a tulle net pouf (.3). The entire group was o...
Date: ca. 1870
Material: silk (fiber), wax
GUSN: 102959
Accession Number: 1925.232.1
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-six teeth.
Date: 1820-1860
GUSN: 102960
Accession Number: 1917.121
Mottled brown tortoiseshell back comb with plain rounded top and twenty three carved teeth (one missing).
Date: 1820-1850
GUSN: 102961
Accession Number: 1920.395
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved pierced top featuring a grouping of musical instruments in the center and surrounded by scrolling flowers, twenty teeth.
Date: 1780-1830
GUSN: 102962
Accession Number: 1920.525
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved pierced top featuring a floral frieze in the center, crosshatching at the bottom, and roundels along the top, nineteen teeth (one broken).
GUSN: 102963
Accession Number: 1920.526
Horn back comb with plain square top and rounded corners and twenty-three teeth
Material: horn (animal material), carving (processes)
GUSN: 102964
Accession Number: 1920.527
Dyed horn hair comb with thin square top and twenty-four teeth.
Date: 1800-1850
GUSN: 102965
Accession Number: 1920.534
Horn comb with a thin square top and eighteen teeth.
GUSN: 102966
Accession Number: 1922.309
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an urn and scrolling foliage, sixteen teeth (one broken)
Date: 1810-1840
GUSN: 102967
Accession Number: 1923.208
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-five teeth (one is missing).
Material: tortoise shell
GUSN: 102968
Accession Number: 1924.94
Tortoiseshell comb with a plain square top and thirteen teeth.
Date: 1800-1860
GUSN: 102969
Accession Number: 1924.95
Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced and carved top featuring scrolling design of multiple flowers, twelve teeth.
GUSN: 102970
Accession Number: 1927.1082
Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an urn and flower at the center and scrolled foliage, ten teeth.
Material: horn (animal material)
GUSN: 102971
Accession Number: 1927.1083
Tortoiseshell back comb with a large flared carved and pierced top featuring an abstract floral and foliage design, sixteen teeth.
GUSN: 102972
Accession Number: 1928.935
Carved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top with rounded corners and eighteen teeth.
GUSN: 102973
Accession Number: 1936.473
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-three teeth (two missing).
Material: tortoise shell, carving (processes)
GUSN: 102974
Accession Number: 1937.1143
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and seventeen teeth.
GUSN: 102975
Accession Number: 1940.242
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-seven teeth (three missing).
GUSN: 102976
Accession Number: 1934.876
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square head and thirty-six teeth (two missing)
GUSN: 102977
Accession Number: 1934.1276
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and thirty-one teeth.
GUSN: 102978
Accession Number: 1937.1245
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and thirty-three teeth.
GUSN: 102979
Accession Number: 1937.1246
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-eight teeth.
GUSN: 102980
Accession Number: 1929.558
Horn back comb with a plain square head and canted corners and nineteenth teeth (one missing).
GUSN: 102981
Accession Number: 1941.803
Horn back comb with a plain square head and twenty-one teeth (three missing)
GUSN: 102982
Accession Number: 1941.804
Horn back comb with a plain square top and twenty-two teeth.
GUSN: 102983
Accession Number: 1941.805
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain shaped square top and six teeth.
GUSN: 102984
Accession Number: 1935.1533
GUSN: 102985
Accession Number: 1935.1534
Tortoiseshell hair comb with trapezoid-shaped top and five teeth.
GUSN: 102986
Accession Number: 1942.786
Dyed horn comb with a plain square top and twenty teeth (two missing).
Material: horn (animal material), dyeing, carving (processes)
GUSN: 102987
Accession Number: 1930.1684
Light colored horn back comb with a plain square top and twenty-six teeth
GUSN: 102988
Accession Number: 1934.2843
Oval brooch with black enamel chain link pattern decoration bordering central reserve containing a braided lock of hair covered with beveled glass. Suspension loop at center top.
Date: 1870-1880
Material: glass (material), human hair, gold alloy, enamel (fused coating)
GUSN: 103240
Accession Number: 1987.976
Small glass beads on two-ply jute or bast string as sold for stringing. Not a necklace, these are materials to create a beaded item.
Date: 1850-1900
Material: glass (material), beads (pierced objects)
GUSN: 103241
Accession Number: 1987.977
Belt buckle consisting of two round pieces of vulcanite with gold greek key border and center star, brass hook and eye clasp on reverse and loops for attaching a cloth or leather belt (no longer extant).
Date: 1870-1900
Material: vulcanite, inlay (process), gold (metal)
GUSN: 103242
Accession Number: 1987.978ab
Ornament resembling a piece of red branch coral, possibly for hair, bouquet, or hat ornamentation. Wire-wrapped at base of paper "branches" dipped in red wax.
Material: wax, paper (fiber product), wire
GUSN: 103243
Accession Number: 1987.979
Bracelet consisting of thirteen round brown beads, possibly celluloid or hard rubber, strung on a black twisted cord.
Material: celluloid (cellulosic), rubber (material)
GUSN: 103244
Accession Number: 1987.980
Cast gold-plated watch key with scrolled acanthus leaf decoration.
Date: 1880-1900
Material: gold alloy, plating (metal coating)
GUSN: 103245
Accession Number: 1987.981
Three small scarab exoskeletons for use in jewelry.
Date: 1860-1880
Material: chitin
GUSN: 103246
Accession Number: 1987.982.1-.3
Bar brooch consisting of gold-plated wire vines and stems for carved coral grape leaves and bunches of grapes. Two leaves no longer attached to frame. Only one grape remains from bunch.
Material: coral (material), gold alloy, plating (metal coating)
GUSN: 103247
Accession Number: 1987.983
Rectangular shaped brooch with scrolled gold outer border and black enamel and gold inner border. Central reserve of the brooch filled with a lock of hair covered by glass. Closure is a hinged pin and C clasp on reverse.
Date: 1830-1850
Material: glass (material), human hair, enamel (fused coating), gold alloy
GUSN: 103248
Accession Number: 1987.984
Oblong carved piece of lapis lazuli, polished smooth and set just above center with a cylindrical section of gold chased with a quatrefoil design. Closure is a hinged pin and C clasp on verso.
Material: lapis lazuli (rock), gold alloy, chasing
GUSN: 103249
Accession Number: 1987.985
Brooch construced from a single piece of jet carved in the form of a cross, with applied chased gold cross at center. Closure with hinged pin and hook on verso.
Date: 1850-1890
Material: jet (coal), gold alloy
GUSN: 103250
Accession Number: 1987.986
Wrap-around style bracelet consisting of twelve rows of small garnet colored glass beads wound around a wire core, gold cap on one end with engraved acanthus leaf decoration (other missing).
Date: 1850-1860
Material: glass (material), gold alloy
GUSN: 103251
Accession Number: 1987.987
Pair of carved carnelian rectangular cuff buttons, both feature in intaglio a Roman soldier in profile set in a plain rectangular gold mount. Gold circular guard on reverse.
Material: gold alloy, carnelian, intaglio (sculpture technique)
GUSN: 103252
Accession Number: 1987.988AB
Watch chain consisting of two woven ropes of human hair wrapped around each other, gold mounts at center and ends of rope with engraved scrolled decoration, hook and eye findings at each end for attaching watch. Cross-shaped human hair watch fob with gold end caps.
GUSN: 103253
Accession Number: 1987.989