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Titolo dell'opera:
Necklace with pendant
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Technique and Dimensions:
Sperm whale’s teeth (Physeter macrocepahalus), hair
Location:
Piano I bastione;area 22
Provenance:
Second half of 19th century
Head ornament, wings: the stylized form symbolizes the chin, mouth and tongue, centers of vitality and spiritual strength, mana. The pendant in the eighteenth century specimens is small, while in the nineteenth century these increase probably thanks to the greater availability of ivory due to the presence of cetacean hunters.
Hawaii
