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

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2751 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Necklace of whales teeth.' [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [added in blue ink:] '1923 H 129'. [added in black ink:] '(Centenary Exhibition)'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/210'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'. A small round red sticker pasted to the card.
Catalogue card 2 [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2751. necklace of whales teeth. Show Case number 1'. [in blue pen:] 'C + D. A. VON HUGEL'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/210'.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace (waseisei) formed of 29 tusks carved from whale teeth, pierced and the top and strung on a cord of very fine 3-ply plaited coir. An additional length of very fine 3-ply plaited coir is woven around the cord and between the top of the tusks. The tusks are curving outwards and tapering. The tusks are of a light yellow colour at the front with a darker shade of yellow at the back. The object is in very poor condition. A string of plastic has been inserted through the holes at the top of the tusks to provide some additional support. The cord is broken in many places and seems to have been glued back together. One end of the cord is broken. 'Z. 2751' and '1923.H129' inscribed in black ink on the last tooth from the left.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: maa