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Wooden drum with handle. Toothed, circular, spiral and triangular carvings, decorated with red, white and black pigment, with head in hide (wallaby?).

Human figure, in wood and painted black, eyes made of white beads, male - hand on penis.

Neck ornament made from sperm whale tooth and twisted cord for suspension. Inscription: Incised: MVIKE

Carved ivory pendant, in the form of two human figures, back to back, with a double hook below. Given to Macgregor in Namosi, a village in Viti Levu, Fiji and described by him as a 'Rat-safe' (see Museum's 'Slip Catalogue). Hunt (1981):…

Breast Plates. These two objects, each known as a civa vono vono in Fiji, was worn on ceremonial occasions as a sign of rank. No 3 is made of trochus shell, sperm whale tooth and cotton. Cotton was not grown in Fiji and would have been imported from…

Breast plate made of trochus shell and sections of teeth of sperm whale, with cord of strips of coloured cotton for suspension. Structure: boss in shell edged with ivory (4 pieces & serrated), with central oranment (ivory & lunate), coloured cloth…

Fork, 4 tines, in light brown wood, relief decoration of impressed triangles.

Fork, in dark brown wood, with 4 tines and relief decoration of impressed triangles.

Made from carved whale teeth (38 spikes) strung together with plaited vegetable fibre.

Made from whale teeth (32 spikes) strung together with plaited vegetable fibre.