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Object Number
54-5-70/3607
Display Title
Shark's tooth weapon (shark's teeth on wooden pole)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Lance, carved wood shaft, four rows plant fiber lashed shark teeth
Classification
- Lance
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
Materials
Wood, Shark tooth, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 122.8 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm (48 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
54-5-70/3607; Native WeApon oF War / #####nut wood Shark's Teeth / ######### / H
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |
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| |
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Lance
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| |
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Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
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Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55606 | Shark tooth weapon |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55605 | Shark tooth weapon |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
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Kiribati
| |
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Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 46-78-70/2437 | Shark's tooth sword whose foundation is light rough wood |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
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|
Gilbert Islands
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