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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1938.1.86 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name weapon Description Weapon (te unun) consisting of a pointed staff of coconut palm wood with rows of sharks' teeth, bound with plaited coconut fibre cord. At the base project three curved limbs each having two rows of sharks teeth of similar construction. Cord of plaited human hair is bound around the middle shaft at intervals. Stuck-on label: '1938.1.86' and another: 'Presented by Capt. Mason R.N.'. Index card mentions Kingsmill Islands which is the historic name given to some of the Islands within modern-day Kiribati (pronounced Kiribass). Production place Micronesia, Kiribati Production period 19th Century Material Coconut wood, Shark Tooth, coconut fibre, hair, human Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1938.1.86
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

weapon
Description

Weapon (te unun) consisting of a pointed staff of coconut palm wood with rows of sharks' teeth, bound with plaited coconut fibre cord. At the base project three curved limbs each having two rows of sharks teeth of similar construction. Cord of plaited human hair is bound around the middle shaft at intervals. Stuck-on label: '1938.1.86' and another: 'Presented by Capt. Mason R.N.'. Index card mentions Kingsmill Islands which is the historic name given to some of the Islands within modern-day Kiribati (pronounced Kiribass).
Production place

Micronesia, Kiribati
Production period

19th Century
Material

Coconut wood, Shark Tooth, coconut fibre, hair, human

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