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IPSMG:R.1938.1.86

Ipswich Collections

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).

Micronesia, Kiribati

19th Century

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