Presentation Whale Tooth (tabua buli)
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Thu, 07/30/2020 – 16:13
Tabua buli are carved and polished into crescentic shapes.
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Presentation Whale Tooth (tabua buli)
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Tombstone
Fiji, early 19th century
Sperm whale ivory and fiber
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
University of Cambridge: 1931.219
Collected by Alfred Maudslay, 1875–80
EX.8785.126 Photo (c) Museum Associates/ LACMA
Source: lacma.org