Sword
- Description
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Sword is in the style of those made in Kiribati. If this sword was identified as being collected from the Solomon Islands by the donor (which is unclear from the accession register), then the donor is likely to have obtained them from Kiribati immigrants who reside in the Solomons Islands and who make these items for the export market.
- Accession Loan No.
- 101/1994/4
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Common Name
- sword
- Simple Name
- sword
- Full Name
- shark tooth-edged sword
- Dimensions
- whole length 995 mm; whole W 58 mm
- Production Year High
- 1992
- Production Country
- Kiribati
- Production Area Region
- Micronesia
- Production Continent
- Oceania
- Family Group
-
- Material
- palm fronds; shark teeth; modern dyes
- Function Detail
- dancing / fighting sword tourist item
- Collection Area Region
- MELAN
- Collection Continent
- Pacific
