Neck Ornaments, One Whales Tooth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OLD LABEL: "TOOTH OF SPERM WHALE, PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS, PIERCED WITH HOLES AT TIP AND ROOT, AND SECURED TO THE KNOTTED ENDS OF A CORD OF PLAITED COCOA FIBER." L. 7 1/2"; W. 2 1/16"; L. OF CORD, 18"."
label: Notes
content: Prestigious ceremonial item, tabua, made of a sperm whale's tooth and hung onto twisted cord of magimagi (coconut coir fiber). Used in ceremonial occasions to pay respect, request permission, convey a demand, or address an apology. This is an early specimen.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Dec 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005306
label: USNM Number
content: E23919-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.2388 cm
label: Length - Cord
content: 46 cm