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Tabua

human history
  • Other Name

    Whale tooth (English)

  • Description

    Tabua. Consisting of a tovuto (sperm whale)'s tooth. The tabua is curved in shape consisting of a root end tapering to a pointed end, ovoid in cross-section, with a hollow cavity. The tabua is yellow-brown in overall colour, and of high-polish. There are ridges from the root end to the centre, with dark-brown coloured crevices. There is a hole drilled through the pointed end, as well as through the root end.

    A silver/grey coloured cotton cord is looped through the hole at the pointed end.

  • Place
    Fiji
  • Accession Number
    1991.81
  • Accession Date
    31 May 1991
  • Other Id

    53887.2 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Tabua, 1991.81, 53887.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 Jul 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tabua, 1991.81, 53887.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 Jul 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tabua, 1991.81, 53887.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 Jul 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tabua, 1991.81, 53887.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 Jul 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tabua, 1991.81, 53887.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 Jul 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tabua, 1991.81, 53887.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 Jul 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tabua, 1991.81, 53887.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 Jul 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tabua, 1991.81, 53887.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 Jul 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

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