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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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Kiribati
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| 09-33-70/75434 | Shark tooth weapon |
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Wuvulu Island | |
| 09-33-70/75435 | Shark tooth weapon |
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Matty Island | |
| 72-20-70/6874 | Weapon armed with sharks teeth |
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| 00-8-70/55601 | Shark tooth weapon |
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Lance
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Kiribati
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Lance
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Kiribati
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