Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI'. [typed:] 'Z-3028. Tabua. A. H. Gordon, circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '12 a / 32'. [added in pencil:] 'Dep G9'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in blue ink:] 'Z 3028. Tambua. A. H. Gordon circa 1875.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'Z- 3028' inscribed in black ink on one side of the tooth.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Field collection)
Collected c1875.
Event Date
Author: maa

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

Description (Physical description)
Presentation sperm whale tooth (tabua), pierced at the tip (one hole) and at the butt (one hole), and hung on a cord of 3-ply plaited coir. The surface of the tooth is very smooth and polished. Very light cream in colour (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

Conservation ()
CON.2014.148 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa