Tebutje, Shark-toothed Weapon

Unidentified maker (Gilbert Islands)

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collected early 20th century

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

Overall: 49 3/16 × 1 1/16 in. (125 × 2.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III

181.2.25975

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 Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1920's-1930's; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.

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