Neck Ornament Of Ivory
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: "NECKLACE. STRIPS OF VEGETABLE FIBER (PROBABLY RUSH OR SCIRPUS LEAVES) 30 INCHES LONG, TO THE MIDDLE OF WHICH IS PENDANT A CARVED BEAD OF IVORY (PROBABLY TOOTH OF SPERM WHALE, CATODON MACRICEPHALUS)."
label: Notes
content: Pendant made of sperm whale ivory, in a shape that may evoke a shell and/or female reproductive organs (vulva and breast). Found throughout Fiji. No information on the gender or occasions. Possibly an early form of tabua (ceremonial whale's tooth).
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: E23952-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace