Shark tooth weapon

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Object Number 14-31-70/85912

Display Title Shark tooth weapon

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical spear, carved point one end, carved knob handle at other end, hollowed out at center, two perforated edges each with two rows of shark's teeth attached with plant fiber cord

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Kiribati

Materials Shark tooth , Wood , Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 65.4 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm (25 3/4 × 2 9/16 × 1 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 85912 ; 125-44

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