Description (CMS Description)
Part of necklace with wood connections. Four black whales' teeth and three white shell beads; Broken
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Annual Report of Board of Archaeological and Anthropological Studies [3 March 1926], List of Accessions from 1 January to 31 December 1925: 'Macfie, The Executors of the late J. W.: Valuable ethnographical collections, Africa, Australia, Malay Peninsula, Melanesia and Polynesia (25. 141-253; 25. 289-308; 25. 477-334’ (1926: 3).
Event Date 19/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '25.298 MELANESIA FIJI. Broken (neck?) ornament of 4 whales' teeth + black + 3 white shell beads. Executors of J. W. Macfie Esq.' [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 21 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Event Date 28/9/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace composed of four whale teeth strung on a cord of two-ply twisted coir and interspaced with flat beads carved from coconut wood and four flat and white shell beads. The end of the cord is tied with a knot at one end and stopped with red wax at the other end. The tip of one of the teeth has been flattened. On three of the teeth, attachment holes have been severely damaged and new ones drilled. '25.298' inscribed in black ink on two of the teeth.
Event Date 28/9/2012
Author: maa