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Wasekaseka/Waseisei
Fiji Islands
19th-20th Century
Medium/Technique
Whale Tooth and coconut (sennit) fibers
Dimensions
Length x width: 27.9 × 20.3 cm (11 × 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Eric and Esther Fortess in memory of Leo and Lillian Fortess
Accession Number2018.3109
CollectionsJewelry, Africa and Oceania
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
ProvenanceMarch 27, 1979, anonymous sale (sale 186), Phillips, New York, lot 81, to Leo Fortess (b. 1917 – d. 2002) and Lillian Fortess, Honolulu, HI; by descent, through the Fortess Family Limited Partnership, to their son, Eric Fortess, Newton, MA; 2018, gift of Eric and Esther Fortess to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
Sold by John Chin Young (b. 1909 – d. 1997), Honolulu, HI to Leo Fortess (b. 1917 – d. 2002) and Lillian Fortess, Honolulu; by descent, through the Fortess Family Limited Partnership, to their son, Eric Fortess, Newton, MA; 2018, gift of Eric and Esther Fortess to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
Sold by John Chin Young (b. 1909 – d. 1997), Honolulu, HI to Leo Fortess (b. 1917 – d. 2002) and Lillian Fortess, Honolulu; by descent, through the Fortess Family Limited Partnership, to their son, Eric Fortess, Newton, MA; 2018, gift of Eric and Esther Fortess to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)