Neck Ornaments Of 21 Ivory Claws
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: "TWENTY-THREE CLAW SHAPED ORNAMENTS, CUT FROM IVORY, PIERCED WITH HOLE AT ROOTS, AND STRUNG ON CORD OF TWISTED COCOA-NUT FIBER." L. OF CORD. 22", L. OF ORNAMENTS: 5"." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 8, case 40. Exhibit label identified ornaments as "split, rounded whale teeth."
label: Notes
content: Chiefly chest ornament, wasekaseka or waseisei, made of split teeth of the sperm whale, carved in the shape of narrow elongated claws. Such necklaces are attested from the 1840s until the early 20th century, throughout Fiji.
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: E23920-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Cord
content: 56 cm
label: Length - Ornaments
content: 13 cm