Rare womans knife ·  Kiribati - Gilbert Islands · ID: 3038976

Description

using the natural grown form of a branch: habile handle with curved ending where a shark tooth as cutting tool is attached, original binding from fine twisted coir/sinew material (min. dam. on one side);
according to the previous owner the knife comes from the collection of the granddaughter of Paul Merz, who was a public official (“Bezirksamtmann”) in Jaluit on the Marshall Islands (German colony) around 1900. The most pieces of his inheritance are kept in the Naturkundemuseum Coburg, Germany.

The object Rare womans knife with the object ID 3038976 was part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction on June 27, 2015. The object with the lot number 52 achieved a sales price of EUR 650 with an asking price of EUR 500.

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