Tabua. A ceremonial whale's tooth with a hole drilled at its tip and base areas for suspension. An iyau (treasure) of high cultural value to Fijians. Sourced from a tovuto (sperm whale), the tabua is curved and roughly rectangular in shape and cross section. The outer surface of the tabua is highly polished and an orange-yellow colour, possibly enhanced through a smoking technique. Some colour variation especially towards the tip of the tabua. A depression in the top of the tabua also visible. A third drille dhole located at the mid section of the tabua. There are some letter characters scratched into one side of the tabua but difficult to make out. On the other flat side fo the tabua is scratched the outline of a double mast boat. A suspension cord of 3-ply braided magimagi (coconut sennit), brown in colour, is attached to finer mustard-coloured cotton twine that is strung through the drilled holes and tied to the cord.