Shark tooth club "te toanea", "te winnarei" or "te tuangai" · Kiribati - Gilbert Islands · ID: 3052354
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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.
The object Shark tooth club “te toanea”, “te winnarei” or “te tuangai” with the object ID 3052354 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 56.
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