Shark tooth club "te toanea", "te winnarei" or "te tuangai" · Kiribati - Gilbert Islands · ID: 3052354
Starting price
EUR 600
Estimated price
EUR 1,000
Provenance
German Collection (pre 1918)Size
L: 147 cm
L: 57.9 inch
Description
sword-shaped body made of (coconut) wood, edges lined on both sides with shark teeth (30 pcs., 6 missing), which are fixed with fine grass fibre binding, handle area with intact covering made of leaf material
Human hair has been added to some of the fibres used to attach the shark teeth, which certainly had magical significance.