Description (CMS Description)
Small whale teeth strung on sinnet
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:] '31.207 Fiji. Necklace of small whale teeth strung on sinnet. 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)
Nineteen small whale teeth pierced at the top and strung on a cord of twisted hibiscus fibre. The cord is knotted three times at each end: once after the last tooth, another time about 2 cm further down and another time at the very end. The fourteenth tooth from the left is not pointy (might be a tooth from the back of the jaw of a sperm whale or an immature specimen). The fifteenth tooth from the left is pierced with two additional holes. The teeth have a rich honey colour at the front with a slightly darker shade at the back. The last tooth from the left is inscribed with '31.207' in black ink.
Event Date 19/10/2012
Author: maa