Description (CMS Description)
Whale teeth ground down to long fine point strung on sinnet with sinnet attachment to neck
Event Date 23/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Annual Report of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology on the Museum of Archaeology and of Ethnology and its Library, 1931 [16 February 1932], List of Accessions from 1 January to 31 December 1931: ‘Maudslay, the late Dr A . P .: Ethnological specimens, including clubs, whale-tooth necklaces and ornaments, wooden dishes and ''cannibal forks,'' etc., Fiji; carved clubs, combs and dishes, Tonga; carved club, Polynesia (31. 201-225)’ (1932: 3).
Event Date 19/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] '31.204 Fiji. Necklace of whale teeth ground down to a long fine point, strung on sinnet with sinnet attached to neck. Maudslay Bequest'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 23 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Event Date 19/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace (waseisei) formed of 32 tusks carved from whale teeth, pierced and the top and strung on a cord of 3-ply plaited coir, each strand of it formed of 2 strands of 3-ply plaited coir. One of the ends of the cord has snapped. An additional cord of 3-ply plaited coir is woven around the cord and between the top of the teeth. The teeth are curving upwards and tapering. They are a light honey colour at the front with a darker shade at the back. A small circular cream label with a metallic rim is attached to the cord and reads [handwritten in black ink:] ’31.204.’ '1931.204' inscribed in black ink on the side of the first tusk from the left.
Event Date 19/10/2012
Author: maa

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2019.4304 | Remedial
Event Date 31/7/2019
Author: Kirstie Williams