Sword

Museum number:
11-2623
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Straight sword with 4 rows of sharks’ teeth; handle broken off; 28 inches long
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
Culture or time period:
Micronesian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 11-2623, described as Straight sword with 4 rows of sharks’ teeth; handle broken off; 28 inches long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword, accession number 11-2623, described as Straight sword with 4 rows of sharks’ teeth; handle broken off; 28 inches long

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