Ornament ki’i teunga
Place: Tonga
Category: Jewellery & adornment
bone, Tonga, l. 5.8 cm, Inv. Oz 184
Humphrey No.90: ‘A bone Trinket done in imitation of a flower, from ditto [Friendly Isles].’
A piece of bone, with several deep notches and a carved bone stick. There is a small, four-cornered piece of bone at one end, perforated. Inken Köhler, Ulrike Rehr, Gundolf Krüger