Shark tooth club · Kiribati - Gilbert Islands · ID: 3042448
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Provenance
Old British CollectionSize
L: 118 cm
L: 46.5 inch
Description
sword-shaped wooden corpus, edged with shark teeth (about 91) which were drilled and bound on to the shaft, cuff from leaves, remains of feather ornament(?), base;
shark teeth were used in cutting tools and weapons from Hawaii to New Zealand in Polynesia, and in Kiribati in Micronesia.
The object Shark tooth club with the object ID 3042448 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 126.
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