Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1993-0009-0010 | |
| Category | Weaponry | |
| Object Name | Shark tooth knife | |
| Culture | Micronesian: I-Kiribati (?) | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) (?) | |
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) teeth; Coconut fiber cordage | |
| Description | Knife consisting of a short cylindrical wooden hand grip area that separates into two canoe-shaped extensions toward the distal end; Each distal extension is carved with a shallow groove along its upper surface, into which are fitted three shark teeth side by side; Each tooth is drilled through its center and individually lashed to the wooden shaft with sennit cordage that is looped through the tooth and the underlying wooden shaft; Heavier piece of sennit cordage is looped through hole drilled through distal end of hand grip area. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.9, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 15.0 | |