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Bati ni Vuaka

human history
  • Common Name
    Adornment
  • Other Name

    Boar's tooth (English)

  • Description

    Bati ni Vuaka. Boar tusk. Circular in shape, tapering from the base end to a pointed end. Mostly white/ivory in colour with black and brown visible near base end. Hollow inside the tusk, visible from the base end.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1925.92
  • Accession Date
    30 Apr 1925
  • Other Id

    13589.4 (ethnology)

    13589 (ethnology)

  • Department
ornament, 1925.92, 13589.4, 13589, Photographed by Jennifer… … Read more

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