Ornament For The Neck Of Ivory
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: Pendant, Itaube, made of sperm whale ivory in the shape of a cowrie shell. Used throughout Fiji, possibly an early form of tabua (ceremonial sperm whale's tooth) and/or a body ornament. Likely a marker of rank.
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: E23923-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament