Weapon
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Summary
: E4859
: World Cultures
: Weapon
: Roughly carved sword made from wood edged with sharks' teeth. Handle has band of straw beneath it, then the blade, edged with small teeth all the way down. Slightly curved. A few teeth are bent or otherwise missing. Teeth are attached using twisted fibre cord inserted through hole in each tooth and through holes along the edge of the wood body of sword.
Current Location
: Breton Collection
: Tuvalu (Ellice Islands), Oceania / Polynesia, Pacific: Tuvalu (Ellice Islands), Oceania / Polynesia, Pacific:
: Breton, Miss Adela Catherine: Tuvalu (Ellice Islands), Oceania / Polynesia, Pacific