Weapon
16114
From: Gilbert Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 16114 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Gilbert Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Shark Teeth | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Slender piece of wood, tapered from handle to tip. Square in cross-section, then round towards tip. Four rows of triangular sharks' teeth, pierced at bases, bound with coconut fiber to corners of square portion; two rows at round tapered tip.Two bands of dark brown/black binding (human hair?). Many teeth broken or missing. |
| Length | 64 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchase at The Historical American Exposition, R. S. Culin, Subscription of C. Howard Colket, 1892 |
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