Palau papanihomano
Used for scarifying the skin. The sharp shark teeth create permanently raised scars. These patterns are considered beautiful to look at and form an important aspect of a person’s identity. From James Cook’s Third Voyage, 1778 or 1779.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1226
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Material
- shark teethfibre
- Common Name
- palau papanihomano
- Simple Name
- knife
- Production County
- Hawai’i
- Production Country
- Hawaiian Islands (United States of America)
