Sword, made from wood with a grip handle at one end and a roughly triangular shaped body which is pointed at one end. [SB [OPS Move] 16/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sword, made from wood with a grip handle at one end and a roughly triangular shaped body which is pointed at one end. [SB [OPS Move] 16/6/2017]
Long description: Sword. The sword is made from wood and consists of a grip handle at one end and a roughly triangular shaped body which is pointed at one end. The handle is covered with a weave of cane and ?coconut fibre and also partially wrapped with plaited plant fibre string, The main body of the sword, which is elliptical in section, is edged with two rows of sharks' teeth which have been perforated and bound to a length of cane with ?coconut fibre string. [SB [OPS Move] 16/6/2017]
Geographical reference: Kiribati
Oceania > Micronesia > Kiribati; Gilbert Islands
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Anna Rebecca Tylor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1917
Date collected: By 1917
Acquisition information: Donated: 1917
Materials and processes: Material Shark Tooth Fish, Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Coconut Fibre Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Perforated, Process Bound, Process Woven, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Depth: max 28 mm, Width: max 77 mm, Length: max 933 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1917.53.249

Search terms: Weapon, Sword

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