Shark tooth weapon. [AB [OPS Move] 19/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Shark tooth weapon. [AB [OPS Move] 19/6/2017]
Long description: Shark tooth weapon. Made from wood with sharks' teeth set into the edges. The wood tapers to a pointed tip, there is a waisted section acting as a grip part-way along the blade. There is a handle with inverted sides and a two-pronged terminal. The teeth are perforated and bound with sennit and plant fibre string. [AB [OPS Move] 19/6/2017]
Geographical reference: Kiribati
Oceania > Micronesia > Kiribati; Gilbert Islands
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1874
Date collected: By 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Shark Tooth Fish, Material Wood Plant, Material Sennit Coconut Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 1505 mm, Width: max 94 mm, Depth: max 33 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.23.8

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