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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 262 — CONTENTS. (continued 5)

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The writer omits to mention its use ornamentally. The nuts, polished, are strung on a cord, or tape, and worn as a necklace. Young nuts furnish a mottled or plain brown lei, while the old nuts rival black ebony. It has use also in the manufacture of substitute jet jewelry. ↑

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