Shark-tooth sword · Kiribati - Gilbert Islands · ID: 3041906
sold
EUR 1,800
Size
H: 96 cm
H: 37.8 inch
Description
coconut wood, fine woven twine from coconut fibre (“te koro”), tripartite, shark teeth attached evenly around the shaft, bound between thin wooden rods arranged in pairs, handle zone coated with leaf material, some teeth dam., resp. missing, traces of old age, base
The object Shark-tooth sword with the object ID 3041906 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 52 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.
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