Figure
18194B
From: Fiji Islands (uncertain) | Tonga Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 18194B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Fiji Islands (uncertain) | Tonga Islands (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 1870's |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Whale Bone (uncertain) |
| Description | Small male figure carved of whale bone (?). One arm missing, other at side. Back of head pierced, for suspension. One of a handfull of small whale ivory (or bone) figures collected in Fiji and Tonga during the second half of the 19th century. Little is known about the function and significance of these little figures: they seem to have been objects of reverence, but not of worship. |
| Height | 11.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of William Pepper, 1891 |
| Other Number | LE707 - Other Number |
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