Context (Field collection)
(Bio): Sir Robert Foster (collector).
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Wooden tabua on a coconut fibre rope. The surface of the whale’s ‘tooth’ is seriously worn. There are letters engraved, but they have become illegible.
Event Date 27/6/2006
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Presentation sperm whale tooth (tabua), pierced at the tip (one hole) and at the butt (one hole), and hung on a braided cord of coir reminiscent of the watabu cords of tanoa bowls. The cord is attached to the tip end attached with string and to the butt end attached with twisted cotton tape. The butt of the tooth is almost oval in section while the tip is circular in section and tapering. The surface is very smooth and polished, but also irregular. Light cream colour. ?'NUAO' incised on one side of the tooth. Another word or name incised on the other side. '2005.690' inscribed in black ink near the cavity of the tooth (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.2014.150 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa