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Weapon

Object Number:2003-32-338
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Gilbert Islands
Period: Late 19th Century
Date Made: Late 19th century CE
Early Date: 1864
Late Date: 1899
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Wood
Shark Teeth
Coconut Fiber
Length: 73.8 cm
Width: 25 cm
Credit Line:Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number:1995.X.20177 - Other Number
CIVIC1995.X.20177 - Other Number

Description

Shark tooth weapon. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

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