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)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2737 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Necklace of whales teeth. A. P. Maudslay circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/211'. [added in blue pen:] '1884 M40'. [added 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. 2737 Necklace of whales teeth. A. P. Maudslay. circa 1875. Show case number 1.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/211'.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace (waseisei) formed of 34 tusks carved from whale teeth, pierced and the top and strung on a cord formed of 3 strands of 3-ply plaited coir. The tusks are long and thin, curving outwards and tapering. The tusks are of a light cream colour at the front and a yellow colour at the back. 'Z.2737' and '1884.M.40.' inscribed in black ink on the first tusk from the right.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: maa

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.2014.146 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa