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Native Name:
Tabua
Object Number:
58-17-29
Current Location:
Collections storage
Provenience:
Fiji Islands
Viti Levu
Section:
Oceanian
Materials:
Whale Tooth
Plant Fiber
Description:
Tooth of a cachalot whale. Neck rope is heavy, braided of brown fiber; attached to tooth with red and white thread. Tooth is undoubtedly old but rope is recent.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Harry B. Wright
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Polynesia Gallery (28 Jan 1982 - Jun 2010)
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