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