Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'The Proper Study of Mankind: Great Anthropological Collections in Cambridge' (known at MAA as the 'Centenary Exhibition') at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 12 March - 06 May 1984.
Event Date 12/3/1984
Author: Lucie Carreau

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

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace (sisi) formed of 30 whale teeth, pierced at the top and strung on a cord of 3-ply plaited coir. An additional thick thread of metal has been inserted through the holes and keeps the necklace in a U-shape. The teeth are a light yellow at the front and back. 'Z. 2761' and '1923.H131.' inscribed in black ink on the first tooth from the right.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2761 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Viti Levu. Necklace of whales teeth.' [stamped in blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [added in blue ink:] '1923 H 131'. [added in black ink:] '(Centenary Exhibition)'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/217'. [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 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2761 Viti Levu. Necklace of whales teeth. Show Case number 1'. [added in blue ink:] 'C + D. A. VON HUGEL'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/217'.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau