Weapon
P4939
From: Gilbert Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | P4939 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Gilbert Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Shark Teeth | Plant Fiber |
Description | Dark wood. Narrow, flat blade, very slightly curving towards end. Two rows of teeth, set between palm leaflets ribs, lashing all round. Handle flattened, almost rectangular in cross-section. Originally 44 pairs of teeth, four now broken off or missing. Binding of twisted hair (?). |
Length | 72.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from the Estate of Frederick T. Agard, 1918 |
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