Neck Ornament, Boar's Tusk
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: "SIX CORDS, EACH TWO FEET LONG, PLAITED OF STRIPS OF BLACK AND WHITE VEGETABLE FIBER, SECURED AT MIDDLE BY A SEIZING TO WHICH IS PENDANT A TUSK OF A BOAR, SUS SCROFA."
label: Notes
content: Boar tusk pendant, bati ni vuaka, most likely worn high on the chest by men during occasions that involved powerful body ornamentation, such as war and dance.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 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: E23934-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace