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Slashing weapon, studded with shark teeth, Kiribati (Oceania)
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Baton strung with shark teeth in four rows, the upper half in two rows. Handle moulded into the wood with an implied spherical pommel. Provenance: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati Archipelago, Kiribati, Oceania. The object belongs to the estate of the senior general practitioner Georg Wilke (*1859 Dresden +1938 Rochlitz), which initially went to the teaching collection of the Rochlitz secondary school after his death and was transferred to the collection of Rochlitz Castle in the 1960s.

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Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen. Schloss Rochlitz
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Object type
Weapon
Dimensions
H x W: 4 cm x 92 cm, D: 2.8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, raffia, shark teeth; carved, mounted
Current location
State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony gGmbH, Rochlitz Castle
Inventory number
Roc_E_VI_000065
Related object(s)
Link : Wissensportal SBG
Link : Schlösserland Sachsen
Link : Schloss Rochlitz

Provenance and sources

when
1875-1900
where
Kiribati

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