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SwordC413

Tapered, cylindrical, brown wood shaft that has four rows of teeth with opposing sides of equal length. Shark teeth are secured by twisted fibre string. The longer sides have thirty-eight teeth while the shorter sides have sixteen teeth. Bands of single black hair interwoven with woven palm leaf decorate both ends of the toothed portion. Three equally spaced bands of black hair are along within these interwoven bands at both ends.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, fibre, shark tooth, hair and palm leaf
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Tooth SpearC766

Very long wooden spear with a thick, cylindrical handle and a long spearhead that tapers to a point; both sides of head are lined with dozens of shark's teeth affixed to the wood with fibrous twine.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, shark tooth and fibre
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword1060/54

Long wooden sword with handle and tip that is bound with leaf material. Long edge of sword is lined with twenty-nine shark teeth attached to each side. Each tooth is perforated at the wider end and is secured to the long wooden piece with black and light-brown twisted fibre.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
wood, fibre, shark tooth and leaf
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearC767

Long wooden spear with a straight, cylindrical handle and an elongated spearhead that tapers to a point. The blade has dozens of teeth affixed along both edges. Leaf and fibre woven sleeve at the joint between shaft and blade, as well as over the tip of the head.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
hair, shark tooth, palm leaf, fibre and wood
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeC45

Intricate geometric designs on tower handle and geometric designs by the string. Tower handle is long and squared in cross section, flaring outward at the bottom. Tower handle has eight windows on each side, totalling thirty-two. Tower handle has twelve small square feet around the bottom edge. Stone head secured by braided string and sharkskin.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
shark skin, stone, fibre and wood
Made in
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword2642/4

Wooden sword that tapers to a point at the tip. There are holes lining either side where reef shark teeth are attached with twined cord. There is a short ring of coconut fibre weaving above the handle.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
coconut palm wood, coconut husk fibre and reef shark tooth
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeC76

Knife with sixteen shark teeth total, eight on each side attached to wood by fibre. Cord loop on handle. Split down middle of knife on one side.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
fibre, shark tooth and wood
Made in
Mikunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC1456

Shark tooth sword. Long snout has been broken off at downward angles to taper to a smaller flat edge for attachment as a sword blade, with the shark teeth kept intact. Twenty-three pairs of shark teeth along both edges; rounded tip end.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shark bone and shark tooth
Made in
Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC410

Circular, red-brown shaft and handle that tapers to a flat point. Flat ribbed 'blade' with eighteen pairs of shark teeth along both edges. There is a cross-guard piece near the end of the handle which curves toward the 'blade' and has three shark teeth along the concave edge at either side.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shark tooth, plant fibre and wood
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordC411

Tapered, cylindrical, brown wood shaft that has four rows of teeth with opposing sides of equal length. Shark teeth are secured by twisted fibre string. The longer sides have forty-eight teeth while the shorter sides have nineteen teeth. Bands of double black hair interwoven with woven palm leaf decorate both ends of the toothed portion. Two bands of black hair are around near the wider end and the middle within these interwoven bands at both ends.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
shark tooth, hair, fibre, wood and palm leaf
Made in
Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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