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Shark-tooth club
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Lot 51
80th Tribal Art Auction

Shark-tooth club

Kiribati - Gilbert Islands
sold EUR 1,100
Provenance
Kutzian, Berlin, Germany
Size
H: 79,5 cm
H: 31.3 inch

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

Comparing literature

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

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