- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Perforated whale's tooth. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/12/2005]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1873
- Date collected
- August 1870 September 1 - , 1873
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1921
- Materials and processes
- Material Whale Tooth Animal, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 40 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.93.512
- Research and responses
This object was examined by Steven Hooper (UEA) during a research visit in December 2011. He made the following comments: Killer whale tooth. Unlikely to be Fijian, as killer whale teeth are not used in Fiji. [El.B 15/12/2011]
Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament
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