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Object Number
00-8-70/55658
Display Title
Sharks skin file
Descriptions
Inventory Description
File, rectangular wood handle, tapered blade covered with shark's skin, skin perforated along edges
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
/
Gilbert Islands
/
Marakei Island
Materials
Sharkskin, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 26.8 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm (10 9/16 × 1 3/8 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55658
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-70/53381 | Piece of shark's skin |
Faunal
|
Oceania
| |
| 00-8-70/55611 | Shark's skin armor worn over, in some instances, under 00-8-70/55608 |
Plate
|
Kiribati
| |
| 99-12-70/53383 | Shark's tooth spear |
Spear
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 39-17-70/1325 | Container made "out of something that is found in a shark's stomach" |
Case
|
Karon
| |
| 54-5-70/3607 | Shark's tooth weapon (shark's teeth on wooden pole) |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55590 | Shark's tooth knife |
Knife
|
Marakei Island
| |
| 99-12-70/53384.1 | Shark's tooth spear |
Spear
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 33-14-70/21 | Rere (short sword or knife with shark's teeth) |
Sword
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 15-25-70/86109 | Shark's tooth sword |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 99-49-70/52189 | Sharks tooth sword |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 2005.1.114 | Spear point, perforated, edged with shark's teeth, fiber threaded |
Spear
| ||
| 2004.1.571 | Lance, wood shaft with woven plant fiber cover, three rows shark's teeth |
Lance
|
Oceania
|