Accession No
1921.565.31
Description
Tool made from a dugong tooth.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Bourne, Edmond [Brother] [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1921.565.31
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tooth
Local Term
Kairihuru [from inscription on object]
Measurements
45mm x 218mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
An inscription on the tooth possibly reads: 'Kairihuru / Keiqua no V[rest illegible]'. '1921.565.31' inscribed in black ink on the object.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1921.565.31: 'Kairk(รค)ru. Koiona na v(eroot?). Dugong tooth used as a tool.'
Event Date 1921
Author: maa
Context (References)
Illustrated in Lucie Carreau. 2016. Collections from the Solomon Islands. Cambridge: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.13275, p.32.
Event Date 2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Long dagger-like tool made from the tooth of a dugong.
Event Date 18/4/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:264846
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