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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1938.1.89 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name sword Description Sword made of wood pointed at each end, with thirteen shark teeth lashed along either edge at intervals using plaited coconut fibre cord (two teeth now missing). A band of ray skin attached to the grip as a hilt and a two-ply twisted coconut fibre cord is passed through a hole on the handle for carrying. Stuck-on label: '1938-1.89'. Used in combat together with coconut fibre armour. Production place Micronesia, Kiribati Production period 19th Century Material wood, Shark Tooth, ray skin, coconut fibre Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1938.1.89
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

sword
Description

Sword made of wood pointed at each end, with thirteen shark teeth lashed along either edge at intervals using plaited coconut fibre cord (two teeth now missing). A band of ray skin attached to the grip as a hilt and a two-ply twisted coconut fibre cord is passed through a hole on the handle for carrying. Stuck-on label: '1938-1.89'. Used in combat together with coconut fibre armour.
Production place

Micronesia, Kiribati
Production period

19th Century
Material

wood, Shark Tooth, ray skin, coconut fibre

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