Wasekaseka

Wasekaseka. Loose whale teeth pendants. Each whale tooth has been split and sharpened to a point. Each are round in section and curve towards their tip. The teeth are light yellow in colour. Each has a hole drilled at their base to be threaded together as part of a neck adornment: 8722.1 consists of a single tabua with tangled dark brown magimagi (coconut sennit) threaded through a drilled hole at its base; 8722.2 consists of two sharpened whale's teeth; 8722.3 consists of six teeth of varied lengths with one of these having a natural darkened mark on its side; 8722.4 consists of four teeth, with the shortest one measuring at a length of 100mm and the longest one measuring 107mm; 8722.5 consists of four teeth, with one tooth having some damage to one side, all four are knotted onto a length of dark brown magimagi. All of the tabua have a glossy patina.