Exhibition (Maudslay Gallery)
EXH.2018.4 | Pacific Currents
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace of eleven small whale's teeth.
Event Date 1/9/1997
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace (sisi). Eleven whale teeth pierced at the top and strung on a cord formed of 4 strands of 3-ply plaited coir and thin length of cane. Several pieces of barkcloth are woven around the cord and between each teeth, forming a triangular pattern at the front. From the left: the first tooth has a deep notch at the top. The tip of the second tooth is slightly chipped at the back. The fifth tooth is engraved with several scrimshawed elements: a water mill with two wheels, a square made of 3 x 3 very small dots, a cross-hatched crescent (maybe a canoe?) with what could be a turtle underneath, a heart with a double outline, with regular small dark dots carved between the two lines. The seventh tooth from the left has split on the side.The tenth tooth from the left has an additional hole at the top. Very heavy. The teeth are light yellow in colour at the front and a darker shade of yellow at the back.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2954 FIJI'. [handwritten in black pen:] 'Necklace of eleven small whales teeth. One tooth has scrimshaw design near the binding. Small label with A.H.G. 1907b also Von Hugel label OX. 907.2.G'. A small round red sticker pasted on front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2954 OCEANIA FIJI. Necklace of eleven small whales teeth. Has A.H. Gordon label, 1907. Original catalogue card missing. This card made 24/9/97. Alison Brown.' [added in pencil:] 'Old label '115. A.H.G.' ?does this refer to an AHG catalogue list? S.H. 25/6/01. Scrimshaw of steam train (?) on central tooth'.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: The first tooth from the left is inscribed with 'Z 2954' in black ink and also presents the fragments of a cream rectangular label. The seven tooth from the left has a rectangular cream label with decorative blue border on the front and reads [handwritten in brown ink:] 'A. H. G. 1907 [?]b' A square light blue label is pasted to the back and reads [handwritten in brown ink:] '115.' [added in black ink:] A.H.G.'. A small metal rectangular metal label attached to the object reads: [handwritten in white ink:] O.X.907.2.G.'.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden

Conservation ()
CON.2013.16 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa