Description (Labels & Markings)
'Z 29747' inscribed in black ink near the butt.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] 'Z 29747 MELANESIA FIJI. Tambua (Sperm whale's tooth.) l. about 19.7 cms. Smoothed + polished. A hole has been bored at one end (+ possibly at the other, though this hole - if there was one - has broken), for attachment of sinnet cord. Lord Stanmore 1923.' A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
A rectangular cream label pasted on the object reads [handwritten in brown ink:] 'Stanmore 1923' and [added in black ink:] 'Z 29747'.
Event Date 1923
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Tambua. Sperm whale's tooth. Smoothed and polished. A hole has been bored at one end and possibly at the other, though this hole-if there was one-has broken, for attachment of sinnet cord.
Event Date 1/8/1997
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Presentation sperm whale tooth (tabua), pierced at the tip (one very small hole) and at the butt (one hole, broken) for suspension (cord now missing). The tip is heavily chipped. The butt is lightly chipped. The surface of the tooth is very smooth and polished with a honey colour (L. Carreau, 26/11/2012).
Event Date 26/11/2012
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.2014.149 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa