Shark tooth weapon

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Object Number 00-8-70/55605

Display Title Shark tooth weapon

Descriptions

Inventory Description Lance, four rows lashed shark teeth, stitched and fringed plant fiber

Classification

Lance

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Kiribati

Additional Geographic Terms South

Materials Wood, Shark tooth, Plant fiber, Dye?

Dimensions Overall: 107.9 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm (42 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 00-8-70 55605

Provenance

Collector Alexander Agassiz

Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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