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Object Number 33-14-70/21
Display Title Rere (short sword or knife with shark's teeth)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Rere
Object Description Shark-tooth sword, the sword made of wood with the teeth bound in +
Inventory Description Sword, carved wood handle, blade, plant fiber lashed sharks teeth, fiber loop
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati / Gilbert Islands
Dimensions Overall: 66.1 x 5.9 x 3.4 cm (26 x 2 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-14/70/21
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Lombard C. Jones, 1933
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. Lombard C. Jones

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