Tebutje, Shark-toothed Weapon

Unidentified maker (Gilbert Islands)

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Wood, shark teeth (Carcharhinus longimanus), cord, and grass

Overall: 42 1/8 × 31 1/2 in. (107 × 80 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly

22.2.4348

Geography

Place Made: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Oceania

Period

19th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Course History

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

Exhibition History

The Art of War: Melanesian and Polynesian Expressions of Beauty and Violence, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 27-May 13, 2001.

Provenance

Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to the present collection, 1922.

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