Weapon
97-120-741
From: Gilbert Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 97-120-741 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Gilbert Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Shark Teeth | Midrib | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Small L-shaped wooden weapon edged with large sharks' teeth (6 one edge, 7 the other). Teeth set in grooves, aligned with palm leaf midribs and lashed in pairs by fiber cords that pass through holes in bases of teeth and around blade. Handle covered with a wrapping of palm leaf, bound at bottom with winding of twisted human hair cord. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-741 - Old Museum Number | 10597 - ANSP Number | 104/76 - Collector Number |
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