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Accession No	TE.226
Name/Title	WASEKASEKA, NECKLACE
Brief Description	This Fijian necklace, or wasekaseka, is made from split whale teeth. There are 24 units, all shaped to a point, perforated at the base and polished, and bound together with fine twisted sennit and coarser three-ply plaited sennit binding. The units are graded by size, the largest at the centre. The sennit binding extends 42 cm from the units on one side and 14.5 cm on the other side. This wasekaseka is incomplete.
Classification	Necklace/Adornment/Personal Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Maker	Unknown
Primary Prod Date	19th Century
Primary Prod Period	19th century
Primary Prod Place	Rewa/Viti Levu/Fiji
Production Notes	REWAREWA, possibly
Measurement Reading	30 x 13 x 1cm
Collection	S H Drew Collection

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