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Description: A 19th century Gilbert Island (Kiribati) shark tooth sword Tetoanea or Tewinnarei. The blade with diamond shaped cross section comprises four rows of shark teeth. Each tooth is drilled and fixed by sennit and human hair binding with each row set within two wooden spines. Located centrally and to the base of the blade are sections of fine matting interleaved with human hair binding. The handle has the remnants of a collection label which is illegible. This is a rare survivor with nearly all of its teeth intact.


Dimensions: 96cm long.


Further images are available upon request.

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