Te buangui
human history
Te buangui. Whale tooth. This has been shaped from te buangui. It is a pale, off-white colour with some discolouring. It has been smoothed and polished. It is shaped similar to a crescent. Its widest end features a circular perforation where it would have been part of a neck ornament.
Accession number: 1940.3 Last Update: 30 Nov 2018
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Whale tooth (English)
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- Nonouti/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
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1940.3
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1940
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25179 (ethnology)
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