Loan (Exhibition)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, October 15 2016- February 12 2017, Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific
Event Date
Author: maa

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

Context (CMS Context)
Note on catalogue card: "In common use by the Kai Tholo people of the mountains".

Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace (sisi) formed of 19 whale teeth pierced at the top and strung on a cord formed of several very fine strands of 3-ply plaited coir. An additional length of coir is coiled around the cord. A length of grey (originally white?) woven textile and barkcloth is woven around the central cord and between the teeth. The front of the teeth is of a light cream colour while the back is a very rich honey colour.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2727 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. A. P. Maudslay circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/202'. [in blue pen:] '1884 M 38'. [in black ink:] '(Centenary Exhibition)'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z- 2727 VITI LEVU. Necklace of whales teeth, "Vua (sagale") sangale = dazzling to the eyes. In common use by the Kai Kolo (Tholo), people of the mountains. Show Case number 1'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/202'. [in blue pen:] 'C & D. A. P. MAUDSLAY'.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z- 2727' and '1884.M38.' inscribed in black ink on the first tooth from the right.
Event Date 21/2/2013
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.2014.145 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 15/12/2019 to 19/07/2020, Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific
Event Date 15/12/2019
Author: Katrina Dring

Loan (Exhibition)
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachussetts, 12/09/2020 to 03/01/2021, Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific
Event Date 12/9/2020
Author: Katrina Dring