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Object Number
99-49-70/52189
Display Title
Sharks tooth sword
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sword, wood blade with fiber lashed shark teeth, woven fiber cover at handle
Classification
- Sword
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber, Shark tooth, Dye?
Dimensions
Overall: 121.8 x 8.1 x 1.9 cm (47 15/16 x 3 3/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52189
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |
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Sword
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Kiribati
| |
| 46-78-70/2438 | Shark's tooth sword whose foundation is light rough wood |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
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Sword
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Kiribati
| |
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Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
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|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 46-78-70/2436 | Shark's tooth sword, whose foundation is some endogenous wood |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 76-46-70/10786 | Shark's tooth sword |
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|
Kiribati
| |
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Sword
|
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| |
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Sword
|
Ellice Island
| |
| 54-5-70/3607 | Shark's tooth weapon (shark's teeth on wooden pole) |
Lance
|
Kiribati
|