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i Taube Bati ni Vuaka

human history
  • Other Name

    pig’s tusk neck pendant

  • Description

    i Taube Bati ni Vuaka. Boar tusk adornment. A neck adornment consisting of a large boar tusk suspended from a woven plant fibre cord. A thinner cord is threaded through the drilled hole at the base of the tusk and attaches the larger cord to the tusk. Small pink and blue glass beads are threaded onto the strands of the fibre cord.

    There is a sticker on one side of the boar tusk.

  • Place
    Fiji
  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    14826.1 (ethnology)

    O125 (Edge-Partington)

  • Department

    Pacific

ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply

Images and documents

Images

  • ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • pig's tusk neck pendant
  • Ornament

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 14826.1
  • Public Access Text

    Worn tight at the base of the neck, these boar’s tusk pendants were an integral part of ceremonial, dance and war attire. In the late 1700s and early 1800s with introduced glass beads attached to the fibre ties, they served as symbols of chiefly status and were worn only by those of recognised rank. This would be in keeping with the rest of the Pacific where pigs are high value items, and simply donning a boar’s tusk was indicative of one’s wealth, strength and influence.

  • Cultural Origin

    Fijian

  • Collection
    T W Leys Memorial
  • Primary Maker

     unknown

  • Place
    Fiji
  • Date
    Unknown
  • Media

    boar/tusk/tooth/bone

    fibre

    glass/inorganic material

  • Measurement Description
    tusk diameter 125mm
  • Measurement Reading

    125mm (tusk)

  • Classification

    Pendant

    Ornament, Neck

    Body Adornment

    Ornament

    Personal Artefacts

  • Last Update
    22 Aug 2018
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