Description (Labels & Markings)
'Z - 3026' inscribed in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'O.X.416.H.' inscribed in white ink on the convex side of the tooth.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI'. [typed:] 'Z-3026. Tabua.' [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '12 a / 35'. [added in pencil:] '14'. [added in blue pen:] 'O.X.416.H.' A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in blue ink:] 'Z 3026. Tambua'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Tambua.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Presentation sperm whale tooth (tabua) pierced at tip and butt, and hung on a cord of 3-ply plaited and looped coir cord. The cord is lashed with small lengths of pandanus fibre every 2 to 3 cm. The surface is very smooth and polished. Possibly smoked, although the colour of the ivory lacks the pink intensity visible on other objects. A Y-shaped incision (natural or Intentional?) is visible on the convex side of the tooth (L. Carreau, 27/12/2012).
Event Date 27/12/2012
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