This arrow shaped brooch, also called a lace or scarf pin, was cast and set with pastes. The brooch fastens by screwing the arrow head onto the shaft. It is unmarked.
Date: 1900-1920
Maker: unknown
Material: white metal, glass (material)
GUSN: 102934
Accession Number: 2006.44.401
Set of fourteen karat gold and mother of pearl cuff links and matching shirt studs.
Date: 1910-1930
GUSN: 102935
Accession Number: 2006.44.402a-e
Pair of gold cuff links set with pink stones.
Date: 1890-1920
GUSN: 102936
Accession Number: 2006.44.403ab
Pair of oval sterling silver and enameled cuff links with the royal Hawaiian coat of arms on a white background.
Date: 1907-1917
Maker: H. Culman (Jeweler)
GUSN: 102937
Accession Number: 2006.44.404ab
Blue velvet and fabric belt with plastic belt buckle in the shape of two yellow daisies with blue centers.
Date: 1930-1960
Material: solid velvet, cellulosic
GUSN: 102938
Accession Number: 2006.44.405
Green, blue, pink, white, and purple floral patterned fabric belt with leather buckle and green and blue plastic buckle attachments.
Date: 1960-1980
GUSN: 102939
Accession Number: 2006.44.406
Flexible gold colored metal belt linked with smooth gold buckle.
Date: 1950-1970
Maker: Forstner Chain Corporation
Material: metal
GUSN: 102940
Accession Number: 2006.44.407
Cloth cord ribbed belt with metallic gold thread and triangular shaped red plastic buckle.
Date: 1930-1940
GUSN: 102941
Accession Number: 2006.44.408
14K gold Waltham pocket watch with white porcelain face. Numerals for hours are painted in black, seconds are painted in red. Attached watch chain. Watch hangs from a brass crescent shaped watch stand.
Maker: American Waltham Watch Co. (Watchmaker)
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 102942
Accession Number: 2006.44.409.1-.2
Tortoiseshell hair comb with carved pierced scroll decoration.
Date: 1850-1880
GUSN: 102943
Accession Number: 2006.44.410
Pair of tortoiseshell hair combs trimmed with a band of gold colored decoration.
Date: 1860-1890
GUSN: 102944
Accession Number: 2006.44.411ab
Tortoiseshell hair comb with gold pique point decoration.
Date: 1860-90
Material: tortoise shell, gold (metal)
GUSN: 102945
Accession Number: 2006.44.412
Two pronged tortoiseshell hair comb with round top.
Date: 1850-1900
Material: tortoise shell
GUSN: 102946
Accession Number: 2006.44.413
Two prong tortoiseshell haircomb with square top; Pierced decoration of a tree.
GUSN: 102947
Accession Number: 2006.44.414
Date: 1820-1840
GUSN: 102948
Accession Number: 2006.44.415
Tortoiseshell hair comb with pierced carved foliate decoration.
GUSN: 102949
Accession Number: 2006.44.416
Gold plated watch key set with a faceted colorless stone.
GUSN: 102950
Accession Number: 2006.44.417
Two-pronged tortoiseshell hair comb with pierced gold colored scroll work head.
Date: 1870-1900
GUSN: 102951
Accession Number: 2006.44.418
Large (about 9''x9'') tortoiseshell hair comb with carved and pierced foliate head.
GUSN: 102952
Accession Number: 2006.44.419
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
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
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
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a round top and two shaped teeth.
GUSN: 103116
Accession Number: 1938.1161
Package of laminated steel hairpins wrapped in pink paper printed with the official seal of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the company trademark for Kirby, Beard & Co.. One pin secures paper.
Date: 1851
Maker: Kirby, Beard & Co. (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103117
Accession Number: 1939.651
Steel hairpins in original yellow paper packaging, manufacturing label on front.
Maker: D.F. Tayler & Cos. (Manufacturer)
Material: steel (alloy)
GUSN: 103118
Accession Number: 1939.652
Tortoiseshell back comb with a folded over round top and pierced and carved border of scrolled foliage, five teeth.
Date: 1825-1860
GUSN: 103119
Accession Number: 1940.206
Dyed horn back comb with a folded over round top and pierced and carved border of scrolled foliage, seven teeth.
Date: 1835-1860
Material: horn (animal material)
GUSN: 103120
Accession Number: 1940.207
Silver back comb with an openwork filigree swirled cone design, six teeth.
Maker: J.L. Bates & A.S. Jordan's (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103121
Accession Number: 1940.455a
Six sided hair comb box with a paper label on front and blue paper sides with gold stars.
GUSN: 103122
Accession Number: 1940.455bc
Tortoiseshell rectangle barrette with pierced and carved abstract foliate scroll design, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
Date: 1860-1880
GUSN: 103123
Accession Number: 1940.586
Tortoiseshell v-shaped barrette with a carved and pierced scroll design, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
GUSN: 103124
Accession Number: 1940.587
Yellow celluloid back comb with a pierced brass mounting and three faceted round purple glass stones, twenty-four teeth (three missing).
Date: 1880-1910
Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)
GUSN: 103125
Accession Number: 1942.1138
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain molded folded over top, seven teeth.
Date: 1825-1870
GUSN: 103126
Accession Number: 1943.373
Tortoiseshell back comb with molded folded over top, half circles carved along inside edge, six teeth.
GUSN: 103127
Accession Number: 1943.374
Dyed horn hairpin with a pierced and carved round top featuring a single acorn, two teeth.
GUSN: 103128
Accession Number: 1943.375
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a carved and pierced endless knot top with a beaded edge, two teeth.
Date: 1860-80
Material: tortoise shell, cellulosic
GUSN: 103129
Accession Number: 1944.174
Double sided wood hair comb.
Date: 1800-1899
GUSN: 103130
Accession Number: 1944.798
Pair of plain wood side combs that interlock together.
GUSN: 103131
Accession Number: 1944.799ab
Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced and carved top featuring grape bunches and leaves, ten teeth (one missing). In green shaped paper box.
Date: 1825-1850
GUSN: 103132
Accession Number: 1945.162ab
Tortoiseshell hairpin with round open top, two teeth.
GUSN: 103133
Accession Number: 2008.4.7
Shaped red paper hair comb box with gold border.
Date: 1860-1875
Maker: Wm. E. Abbott & Co. (Maker)
GUSN: 103134
Accession Number: 1955.108ab