Tebutje, Shark-toothed Weapon
Unidentified maker (Gilbert Islands)
collected early 20th century
Wood, shark teeth (Carcharhinus albimarginatus and Carcharhinus longimanus), and plant fiber
Overall: 49 3/16 × 1 1/16 in. (125 × 2.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.25975
Geography
Place Made: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nathaniel Dominy, Spring 2015
Provenance
Collected by Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1920's-1930's; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.
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