Sharktooth club · Kiribati - Gilbert Islands · ID: 3034615
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
M. Cittone, Bordeaux, FranceSize
L: 55 cm
L: 21.7 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, plant fibre, raised medial ridge on both sides, originally 48 teeth fixed by sennit binding through drilled holes set within a grove along each edge, slightly dam., some teeth broken;
shark teeth were used in cutting tools and weapons from Hawaii to New Zealand in Polynesia, and in Kiribati in Micronesia.