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Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_view2.jpg)
Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_view2.jpg)
Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_view2.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_view2.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component6.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component6.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component14.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component14.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component8.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component8.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component17.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component17.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component13.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component13.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component9.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component9.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component5.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component5.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component11.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component11.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component2.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component2.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component10.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component10.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component4.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component4.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component1.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component1.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component7.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component7.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component12.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component12.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component16.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component16.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component3.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component3.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Whale Teeth</em>, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component15.jpg)

Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_component15.jpg)

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Whale Teeth

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Marquesan
MEDIUM Bone
  • Place Collected: Atuona Valley, Marquesas Islands, Hiva Oa, French Polynesia
    • DATES before 1938
    DIMENSIONS Between 4-12 cm  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 42.211.50
    CREDIT LINE A. Augustus Healy Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1938, provenance not yet documented; by 1938, acquired by Thor Heyerdahl of Lillehammer, Norway; May 1942, purchased from Thor Heyerdahl by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Whale teeth (about 95) of various sizes, likely used as ornaments
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Marquesan. Whale Teeth, before 1938. Bone, Between 4-12 cm. Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.50. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.50_view2.jpg)
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