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040			_aTNU _beng _cTNU _erda
043			_apoto---
245	0	0	_aTapua = _bchief's ceremonial whale tooth collar.
246	1	1	_aChief's ceremonial whale tooth collar
246	1	3	_aMaka's "chief of the library" collar ;-)
264		3	_a[Fiji?] : _c[1988?]
300			_a1 item : _c6 cm x 84 cm x 3 cm
336			_2rdacontent _athree-dimensional form _btdf
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _aobject _bnr
500			_aTitle devised by cataloguer.
500			_aOriginally taken from the lower jaw of sperm whales found stranded on southern beaches. Whale strandings are relatively rare in Tonga, making whale teeth highly valued. In Pacific Island societies, some objects - such as tapau - have a cultural value that far outweighs their market value. Tongans consider tapua to be chiefly items. which were worn by chiefs and other individuals of high status. Ceremonial tapua have holes drilled through the tip and the butt, and kafa (braided coconut husk fibre cord) is attached. Tapua are not a uniquely Tongan object, whale teeth are also important in other societies. Whale teeth were shaped into necklaces and other ornaments in many parts of the Pacific, including Samoa, Tahiti, Hawai'i, and the Marquesas Islands.
500			_aKafa height 3 cm x length 68 cm x width 3 cm. Tooth height 6 cm x length 16 cm x width 3 cm.
500			_aThis tapua is made from kafa braided into a four-link chain with a white cowrie shell and whale's tooth suspended near the center. The kafa near the cowry shell and whale's tooth is finished beautifully.
520	0		_aTalanoa
545			_aThis tapua was a gift to the Honourable Tuita, husband of Princess Pilolevu Tuita from Fiji.
581			_aClunie, Fergus. "Tapua: 'Polished ivory shrines' of Tongan gods." The Journal of the Polynesian Society, v.122:iss.2 (2013)
650		0	_aLivery collars _zTonga _vSpecimens.
856	4	1	_yPictures of object _uhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/fSr6aWuNBx4AwJfcA
942			_cMX _n0
999			_c167 _d167