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Object Number
14-29-70/85726.1
Display Title
Tabua, ceremonial whale tooth attached to braided cord
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
tambua
Inventory Description
Worked tooth pendant belonging to necklace 14-29-70/85726, perforation through tapered end of tooth, lettering etched lengthwise on side of tooth reading ALIPATI
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga?
Materials
Whale tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 20.8 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm (8 3/16 × 2 15/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
85726.1
Credit Line
Gift of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1914
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1914)
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