Description (Labels & Markings)
'O.X.414.G.' inscribed in white ink.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'Z- 3017' inscribed in black ink on one side of the tooth.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI'. [typed:] 'Z-3017. Tabua. A. H. Gordon, circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '12 a / 27'. [added in pencil:] '4'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in blue ink:] 'Z 3017. Tambua. A. H. Gordon circa 1875.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Sir Arthur Gordon in Nasaucoko on 11 August 1876.
Event Date 11/08/1876
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'Nasaucoko August 11 1876' inscribed in black ink on one side of the tooth.
Event Date 11/8/1876
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Tambua. 'Whale tooth, with "Nasaucoko August 11 1876" written on the side. Pierced for suspension at ends with plaited 2 ply sinnet cord, decorated with knotted strips of plant fibre, and a small white glass bead. R.Hand 01/2007'
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Presentation sperm whale tooth, pierced at the tip (one hole) and at the butt (one hole), and hung on a cord of twisted 3-ply plaited coir. The cord has small length of pandanus fibre knotted around it. A small white glass bead is also woven into the cord. The surface is very smooth and polished. The butt is lightly chipped. Three deep incisions near the butt.
Event Date 27/11/2012
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 07/06/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Conservation ()
CON.2013.64 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa