Chessman or chess piece, knight, with spear, shield, helmet and gambeson, on horseback, of sperm whale tooth, found in an underground chamber in the parish of Uig, Lewis in 1831: Scandinavian, late 12th century

Chessman or chess piece, warder or rook, wearing an aketon with sword, shield and helmet, standing, of sperm whale tooth, found in an underground chamber in the parish of Uig, Lewis in 1831: Scandinavian, late 12th century

Straight club of reddish wood, knotty head with inlaid decoration of stars and crescents and pieces of sperm whale tooth: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Necklace made of sperm whale teeth, ground and pointed, worn by Fijian chiefs: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Necklace of ten ground sperm whale teeth fastened together with root tendrils: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Necklace of ground cachalot tooth, perforated and strung on cordage: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Necklet of nine sperm whale teeth tied to sinnet: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Ear ornament of sperm whale ivory, roughly cylindrical, worn through the lobe of the ear: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Ear ornament made of sperm whale ivory, worn through the lobe of the ear: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Breast ornament, nearly circular, consisting of pearl shell inlaid in sperm whale ivory with stars and bordered with segments of the same material, worn by high-ranking men: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Necklet of sperm whale tooth ground down and polished into curved pointed pendants, perforated and strung on sinnet cord, worn by chiefs: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th - early 20th century

Necklace of small sperm whale teeth, perforated and strung together on sinnet cord: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Necklace, comprsing three rows of sperm whale ivory strung on cord: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Necklace, composed of several intertwined strings of small white shell beads on vegetable fibre, with pendant of sperm whale ivory: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Necklace, comprising two strands of square-plaited vegetable fibre, ornamented with small white and coloured beads, and with pendant of sperm whale ivory: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Necklace, composed of two strands of square-plaited vegetable fibre ornamented with small white and coloured beads and small pendant of sperm whale ivory: Pacific Peoples, Fiji