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

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace (sisi) formed of 11 large whale teeth, pierced at the top and strung on a cord formed of two strands of 3-ply plaited coir. Additional lengths of barkcloth (cream-coloured) and pandanus fibre (dyed black) are woven around the coir cord and between the top of the teeth. Five teeth are pierced at the tip (from left: no 3, 7, 8, 9, 11). No 2 from the left is split at the tip. They are cream colour at the front and a slightly darker shade of cream at the back. Very heavy. The binding is very weak. The lengths of pandanus fibre is brittle and shedding. 'Z. 2734' and '1923 H 126.' inscribed in black ink on the first tooth from the right.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2734 Fiji'. [typed:] 'Viti Levu. Necklace of whale teeth, in common use by the Kai Tholo, people of the mountains. "Vua sagale." sangale = dazzling to the eyes.' [stamped in blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [added in blue pen:] '1923 H 126'. [added in black ink:] '(Centenary Exhibition). [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/201'. [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 2734 VITI LEVU. Necklace of whale teeth, in common use by the Kai Tholo, people of the mountains. Vua (sagale). sangale = dazzling to the eyes. Showcase number 1.' [in blue pen:] 'C & D. A. VON HUGEL'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/201'.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau