Saw or fish hook with shark's teeth blades secured by fibre to wooden half
- Made:
- 1881-1915
Saw or fish hook with shark's teeth blades secured by fibre to wooden half, half perforated with fibre suspension loop, from Gilbert Islands, 1881-1915
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A7597
- Materials:
- ivory, starks teeth, wood and fibre
- type:
- saws
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)