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Bati ni Vuaka

human history
  • Common Name
    Adornment
  • Other Name

    Boar tusk (English)

  • Description

    Bati ni Vuaka. Boar tusk. Curved in shape, tapering from the base end to a pointed end, and is connected to another tusk that is near identical. Mostly creamy white in colour, with brown coloured markings across the tooth. A rusty nail head protrudes from the base end of each tusk. Metal wire is wrapped around the nail heads, binding the two tusks together.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1938.208
  • Accession Date
    30 Sep 1938
  • Other Id

    24238.2 (ethnology)

  • Department
ornament, 1938.208, 24238.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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