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Long oar-shaped club made of hard black wood, with a round shaft becoming a flat blade ending in a curve.

Oar-shaped club parahu

wood, Marquesas Islands, l. 256 cm, w. 10.5 cm (max.), Inv. Oz 103

An ornament made of bone carved in the form of a flower.

Ornament ki’i teunga

bone, Tonga, l. 5.8 cm, Inv. Oz 184

A small ornament made of bone carved in the form of a headrest.

Ornament ki’i teunga

bone, Tonga, l. 4 cm, h. 1.4 cm, w. 0.7 cm, Inv. Oz 170

An ornament made of bone carved in the form of a fin of a fish.

Ornament ki’i teunga

bone, Tonga, l. 5.5 cm, w. 1.5 cm, Inv. Oz 177

An ornament made of bone carved in the form of a bird.

Ornament ki’i teunga

bone, Tonga, l. 4 cm, h. 1.2 cm, Inv. Oz 173

An ornament made of bone carved in the form of a snail or seashell.

Ornament ki’i teunga

bone, Tonga, l. 3 cm, h. 1.7 cm, Inv. Oz 205

Three bone ornaments. The first is barrel-shaped, the second is a round long piece grooved around the middle, and the third is in the shape of a boat or roof.

Ornament ki’i teunga

bone, Tonga, l. 2 cm, l.1.6 cm, l. 2.5 cm, Inv. Oz 181, 182, 175

A flat square bone pendant with half notches on all sides and perforated at the corners.

Ornament ki’i teunga

bone, Tonga, l. 3 cm, w. 4 cm, Inv. Oz 164

Ornamental band made of small Trochi Shells, and plaited together from sinew cord.

Ornamental band uspúka

snail shells, Tierra del Fuego, l. 38 cm, Inv. Am 14

Breast ornament consisting of mussel shell that has been sanded and polished.

Ornamental disc teunga kahoa

mussel shell, plant fibre, Tonga, d. 15.5 cm, Inv. Oz 165a

An ornament made of animal teeth, pointed at one end and perforated at the other.

Ornaments ki’i teunga

animal teeth, Tonga, l. 2.5–3 cm, Inv. Oz 174 a–b, 176 a–b

Overskirt made of diagonally plaited leaf strips incorporating leaf-like elements.

Overskirt vala

leaf strips, Tonga, l. 51–60 cm, w. 120 cm, Inv. Oz 143

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