Object Number | P3157A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Gilbert Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Shark Teeth | Plant Fiber |
Description | Small straight wood dagger, flat blade edged with large sharks’ teeth. Five teeth on each edge, pierced through bases for individual coconut fiber lashings which pass through holes on edges of blade. Median ridge on both faces. Handle cylindrical, pierced for loop of braided coconut fiber. Long crack on one side. |
Length | 20.5 cm |
Width | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 30867 - Dealer's Number |
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