Shark-tooth club ·  Kiribati - Gilbert Islands · ID: 3038865

Description

sword-shaped corpus of light-coloured wood, edged with over 100 shark teeth which were drilled and bound on to the wooden shaft, good condition, slight traces of usage

The object Shark-tooth club with the object ID 3038865 was part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction on June 27, 2015. The object with the lot number 51 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100 with an asking price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

Wardwell, Allen, Island Ancestors, Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection, Fort Worth 1994, p. 242 f., ill. 99