- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Plant fibre casing for whale tooth amulet [1985.49.268 .1]. Curved section of bark, filled with plant fibre at one end. [ILL [OPS move] 26/10/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Māori
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1985
- Date collected
- By 1985
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre
- Dimensions
- Height: max 39 mm, Width: max 80 mm, Length: max 200 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.49.268.2 Other numbers: 45723
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