Object Number | 18192E |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Fiji Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Whale Tooth | Coconut Fiber |
Description | Sperm Whale split-tooth necklace made up of 26 "teeth." These "teeth" or "tusks" have been carved from a Sperm Whale tooth and then polished and oiled. (Some of the "teeth" are cracked and splitting). "Teeth" are strung on a multi-strand braided coconut fiber cord which are then wraped with additional braided coconut fiber strands which create stability and spacers between the "teeth." Some deterioation of cord at the ends. |
Length | 34.7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of William Pepper, 1891 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.