Wasekaseka

human history

Wasekaseka. Whale tooth necklace. Consisting of thirty-three whale teeth, white/ivory in colour. The teeth are long, narrow, curved in shape, with pointed ends, bored at their bases and threaded onto a braid woven from magimagi (coconut sennit). This is tied into knots out from each end. There are cracks visible across a few of the teeth.

Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Aug 2021
Ingoa Kē

ornament, neck (English)

Wāhi
Vanua Levu/Vanua Levu Group/Fiji
Tohu Tuakiri Kē

14818.1 (ethnology)

O110 (Edge-Partington)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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