Tebutje, Shark-toothed Weapon

Unidentified maker (Gilbert Islands)

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1940s

Wood, shark teeth (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), and plant fiber

Overall: 35 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (91 × 3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift through the Goffstown Historical Society and Montshire Museum of Science

178.6.25656

Geography

Place Made: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nathaniel Dominy, Spring 2015

Provenance

Collected by Constant Ferdinand Pellens (1895-1979) in New Zealand during World War II; given to the Goffstown Historical Society, New Hamsphire; to the Montshire Museum of Science; to the present collection, 1978.

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