Knife
Based on earlier shark-tooth weapons, these knives were made for the export market. A scientific study of shark teeth on 19th century weapons has shown that certain species of shark are no longer found in coastal waters today.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 7/1983/24/1
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Collection Area Region
- MICRO
- Material
- rattanshark teethbonefeathers
- Common Name
- knife
- Simple Name
- weapon
- Production Country
- Tuvalu
- Production Year High
- 1983
