Weapon
61-15-3
From: Gilbert Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 61-15-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Gilbert Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Shark Teeth | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Wooden sword, slightly curved, edged with sharks' teeth. Pronouced median ridge on both faces. Shark's teeth individually bound along each edge with coconut fiber cord. Three teeth missing. Carrying loop of fiber cord through pierced hole in handle. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Historical Society of Haddonfield, New Jersey, 1961 |
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