sisi

10 small whole sperm whale teeth, pierced and strung together into a necklace using coconut fibre.

Sisi. Oval label with blue border “E-P Coll. Fiji Necklace”. Ten small complete whales teeth, on plaited coir cords which criss-cross over the top of each tooth. Some of the cords are now damaged and fragile. 5 of the teeth are pierced at the tip, and others with extra holes around the butt. Old label with “0.114”. Possibly reassembled from a series of original small tabua. Longest tooth= 11.5cm, and that tooth has its tip chipped.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
13.61
Date
mid 19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 270 mm x 352 mm x 38 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
sperm whale tooth; coconut fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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