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Object Number
09-33-70/75434
Display Title
Shark tooth weapon
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, wood shaft, one end fiber bound with teeth, white pigment
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
Manus Province
/
Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Shark tooth, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 246 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm (96 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75434
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| 09-33-70/75435 | Shark tooth weapon |
Spear
|
Matty Island
Wuvulu Island | |
| 00-8-70/55601 | Shark tooth weapon |
Spear
|
Kiribati
| |
| 14-31-70/85912 | Shark tooth weapon |
Spear
|
Kiribati
| |
| 54-5-70/3607 | Shark's tooth weapon (shark's teeth on wooden pole) |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 24-11-70/D1972 | Shark tooth weapon |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55607 | Shark tooth weapon |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55606 | Shark tooth weapon |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55603 | Shark tooth weapon |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55604 | Shark tooth weapon |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 09-33-70/75417 | Woman's shark tooth weapon, guard, and string |
Knife
|
Aua Island
Durour Island | |
| 09-33-70/75418 | Woman's shark tooth weapon, guard, and string |
Knife
|
Aua Island
Durour Island | |
| 09-33-70/75419 | Woman's shark tooth weapon |
Knife
|
Aua Island
Durour Island |