A whale tooth engraved with a Marquesan warrior with a tattooed body and face, holding a u'u club, and surrounded by a coconut tree, with a mountain or volcano in the distance. We take up Jean Roudillon's listing in his second sale, after the historic one of December 4-5, 1961 at Hôtel Drouot with Maurice Rheims, of another part of the Voyage de la Korrigane collections on Monday May 31, 2010 in Rennes at Bretagne Enchères : "Whale tooth "Tabua" Called "Scrimchaw" (name in Anglo-Saxon dialect) they were engraved by whaling sailors using a sailing needle. The Fijians exchanged them with the whalers, pierced them with a hole and transformed them into pendants by means of a braided fiber cord, regarding them as symbols of strength. Private collection, not listed in the Musée de l'Homme See: Highlights of the collection of the Fiji Museum 1980 p. 6 ". Marquesas Islands Engraved whale tooth, beautiful patina, engraved inside: GANAY. H. 12 cm Provenance: - Collected during the voyage of La Korrigane (between August 20 and September 7, 1934) - La Korrigane sale, Rennes Enchères, lot 18 - Jean Roudillon Collection Exhibition and publication: Bretagne Enchères sale in Rennes from May 28 to 31, 2010, reproduced on p. 4 lot 18 of the catalog.