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Description: | Made from the tooth of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). The ends pierced for suspension on plaited fibre cords.
These teeth were an essential part of any ceremony involving the exchange of gifts.
Collected before 1950. - - Fiji, POLYN, Pacific | Format: | text/html | License: | http://rammuseum.org.uk/legal | Publisher: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Rights holder: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Subjects: | Religion and magic Ethnography | Source: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Creator: | Not specified | Identifier: | http://rammcollections.org.uk/content/ca... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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