weapon;
dagger
- Museum number
- Oc1983,13.20
- Description
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Weapon, dagger made of coconut palm wood, the handle of which is covered with woven thin strips of pandanus leaf with a loop at the butt. The blade is edged with shark teeth secured with twisted coir and human hair string. The raptorial claws of mantis shrimps (Stomatopoda) have been lashed to the base and top of the blade.
- Dimensions
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Height: 35 centimetres
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Width: 6 centimetres
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Depth: 2 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1983
- Acquisition notes
- Donations book information: 'An ethnographic collection made in the field by Prof. Dark in 1982 (specifically for the Department).'
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1983,13.20