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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1938.1.85 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name weapon Description Weapon (te unun) of coconut palm wood with rows of sharks' teeth sewn on, bound with plaited coconut fibre cord. Four limbs each having two rows of sharks teeth of similar construction. Cord of plaited human hair is bound around the middle shaft at intervals. 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.1938.1.85
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

weapon
Description

Weapon (te unun) of coconut palm wood with rows of sharks' teeth sewn on, bound with plaited coconut fibre cord. Four limbs each having two rows of sharks teeth of similar construction. Cord of plaited human hair is bound around the middle shaft at intervals.
Production place

Micronesia, Kiribati
Production period

19th Century
Material

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

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