Description (CMS Description)
Whales' teeth, mounted on sinnet
Event Date 23/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Annual Report of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology on the Museum of Archaeology and of Ethnology and its Library, 1931 [16 February 1932], List of Accessions from 1 January to 31 December 1931: ‘Maudslay, the late Dr A . P .: Ethnological specimens, including clubs, whale-tooth necklaces and ornaments, wooden dishes and ''cannibal forks,'' etc., Fiji; carved clubs, combs and dishes, Tonga; carved club, Polynesia (31. 201-225)’ (1932: 3).
Event Date 19/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] '31.206 Fiji. Necklace of whales' teeth mounted on sinnet. Maudslay Bequest.' [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 23 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Event Date 19/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Ten whale teeth pierced at the top and strung on a cord formed of seven 3-ply plaited coir cords. An addition cord of 3-ply plaited coir is woven around the cord and between the top of the teeth. The left part of the cord is broken just before the first tooth. The right part of the cord is knotted twice. The teeth are of a rich honey colour at the front with a slightly darker shade at the back. The last tooth from the left is inscribed with '31.206' in black ink. Fragment of a piece of paper glued at the top of the back of the 7th tooth from the left.
Event Date 19/10/2012
Author: maa