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i Taube Bati ni Vuaka

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    pig’s tusk neck pendant

  • Kupu whakaahua

    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.

  • Wāhi
    Fiji
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    Unknown
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    14826.1 (ethnology)

    O125 (Edge-Partington)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

ornament, neck, 14826.1, Cultural Permissions Apply

Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga

Mātātuhi

  • 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

Taonga

  • Rārangi Mihi
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 14826.1
  • Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

    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.

  • Takenga ā-Ahurea

    Fijian

  • Kohinga
    T W Leys Memorial
  • Kaiwaihanga Matua

     unknown

  • Wāhi
    Fiji
  • Rā
    Unknown
  • Pāoho

    boar/tusk/tooth/bone

    fibre

    glass/inorganic material

  • Whakaahuatanga Ine
    tusk diameter 125mm
  • Raraunga Ine

    125mm (tusk)

  • Taumata whakarōpū

    Pendant

    Ornament, Neck

    Body Adornment

    Ornament

    Personal Artefacts

  • Whakahounga o Mua
    22 Aug 2018
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