Curved wooden dagger set with sharks teeth along one edge. There is a wrist strap of plant fibre cord. [AB [OPS move] 25/9/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Curved wooden dagger set with sharks teeth along one edge. There is a wrist strap of plant fibre cord. [AB [OPS move] 25/9/2018]
Geographical reference: Kiribati
Oceania > Micronesia > Kiribati; Gilbert Islands
Person: Field collector Captain Bagnold; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1938
Date collected: 1938
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Shark Tooth Fish, Material Plant Fibre, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 470 mm, Width: max 46 mm, Depth: max 31 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.173 Other numbers: 1938.1.88

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Knife, Dagger

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