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Short, rounded cylindrical, red-brown handle. Flat ridged 'blade' with twenty-four pairs of shark teeth along both edges. Sharks teeth attached with fibre.

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

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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-two teeth while the shorter sides have sixteen teeth. Bands of multiple 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, jute fibre, hair, palm leaf and shark tooth
Made in: Nukunau, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution: MOA: University of British Columbia

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Red-brown handle that is oval in cross section. Flat ridged 'blade' with eleven pairs of shark teeth along both edges. Sharks teeth attached with fibre.

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

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A short, wakizashi style sword with a wooden handle and sheath. Handle features black silk cords tied decoratively (tsuka-ito ) over a grey sharkskin covering and a pair of menuki (sword fittings), one on each side of the handle. Sheath has inlaid horn on a black ground. The guard has a prunus design.

Culture: Japanese
Material: steel metal, horn, lacquer, shark skin, wood, copper metal and silk fibre
Made in: Japan
Holding Institution: MOA: University of British Columbia

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A crumpled piece of shark skin.; Good

Culture: Northwest Coast
Material: skin and shark
Made in: British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution: MAA: University of Cambridge

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