Accession No

Z 2725


Description

Necklace - Necklace of whales teeth


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu


Period


Source

von Hügel, Anatole Andreas Aloys (Baron) [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 2725; 1923.H127


Cultural Affliation

Kai Tholo; Kai Colo


Material

Tooth; Ivory; Plant; Fibre; Bark; Cloth


Local Term

Vua Sagale [from catalogue card]; Sisi [Fiji Project]


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Note on catalogue card: "Rarely seen in use." "In common use by the Kai Tholo people of the mountains= dazzling to the eyes"
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Necklace of whales teeth
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Necklace (sisi) formed of 11 whale teeth pierced at the top and strung on a cord formed of four strands of 3-ply plaited coir. A length of barkcloth and string are woven around the central cord and between the teeth. The teeth have a very light cream colour at the front and back. The natural pattern of the ivory shows in place, creating grey lines on the surface. Some of the teeth are lightly cracked.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2725 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Viti Levu. Necklace of whales teeth, "Vua (sagale".) sangale. In common use by the Kai Kolo (Tholo) people of the mountains. = dazzling to the eyes.' [stamped in blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/203'. [in blue pen:] '1923 H 127'. [in black ink:] '(Centenary Exhibition)'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'.A small red round sticker pasted on the card.
Card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2725. VITI LEVU. Necklace of whales teeth, "Vue Sagale" sangale. In common use by the Kai Kolo (tholo) people of the mountains. = dazzling to the eyes. Show Case number 1'. [in blue pen:] 'C. (C. 1975) & D. Sir Arthur GORDON.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/203'.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '1923.H127.' and 'Z-2725' inscribed in black ink on the first tooth from the right.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden


Conservation ()
CON.2013.62 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


FM:109253

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