Lance dents de requin
Kiribati - îles Gilbert
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Provenance
Old British CollectionTaille
L: 118 cm
L: 46.5 inch
Description
sword-shaped wooden corpus, edged with shark teeth (about 91) which were drilled and bound on to the shaft, cuff from leaves, remains of feather ornament(?), base;
shark teeth were used in cutting tools and weapons from Hawaii to New Zealand in Polynesia, and in Kiribati in Micronesia.