Shark tooth club · Kiribati - Gilbert Islands · ID: 3042448
not available anymore
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.