Context (CMS Context)
This IDNO also used for potsherd in Teaching D-45 - surely an error.
Event Date 1/9/1997
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
A necklace of sperm whale's teeth (29 teeth). The teeth are short (6cm), polished, long, tapering to a point.
Event Date 1/9/1997
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A cream label attached to the object reads [stamped in black ink:] ‘FIJI’, [handwritten in black ink:] ‘Necklace of teeth’ and [added in black ink:] ‘Z 29777’. ‘Z 29777’ inscribed in black ink on the nineteenth tusk from the left.
Event Date 29/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] 'Z 29777 MELANESIA FIJI. A necklace of sperm whale teeth (29 teeth). The teeth are short (about 6 cm long), polished, tapering to a point. d. C.A. Gordon 23/6/39. 'This stuff was collected in 1870s when Von Hugel was also in Fiji". A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Event Date 29/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Small necklace (waseisei) formed of 27 tusks carved from whale teeth, pierced and the top and strung on a cord of ?vegetable fibre. The teeth are curving upwards and tapering. They are a light cream colour at the front and at the back. Two teeth have become un-strung and are now kept with the object, in a separate bag.
Event Date 29/1/2013
Author: maa