necklace (neck ornament (personal adornment))

Necklace of shell, coconut shell discs, and teeth. The teeth are composed of a mixture of species; there are perhaps four teeth from an immature sperm whale, one halved larger whale tooth, three to five dugong teeth (one halved), and one carved piece of ivory in the shape of a whale tooth of indeterminate species.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
20.36
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 290 mm x 250 mm x 20 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
shell; coconut; sinnet; tooth
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Oceania > Sea crossing
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