
Presentation Whale Tooth (tabua buli)
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
Tabua buli are carved and polished into crescentic shapes.