Weapon

16114

From: Gilbert Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 16114
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Gilbert Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Shark Teeth | Plant Fiber
Description

Slender piece of wood, tapered from handle to tip. Square in cross-section, then round towards tip. Four rows of triangular sharks' teeth, pierced at bases, bound with coconut fiber to corners of square portion; two rows at round tapered tip.Two bands of dark brown/black binding (human hair?). Many teeth broken or missing.

Length 64 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Deposited by C. Howard Colket, 1893

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