Weapon

17769

From: Gilbert Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 17769
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Gilbert Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Shark Teeth | Plant Fiber
Description

Sword set with shark's teeth. Long slender piece of wood, slightly tapering, pointed at both ends. Four rows of triangular sharks teeth, pierced, aligned with palm leaf midribs and lashed to shaft with twisted coconut fiber. Curved crosspiece, from one arm of which juts a shorter straight element, both with four rows of teeth, All tips wound with black (human?) hair.

Length 121 cm
Width 23.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Pepper, 1896

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