$1,880
South Pacific Carved Wood and Shark Tooth Weapon, Gilbert Islands (? ), the curved blade with central ridge and rounded hand grip, edged with fiber-bound shark teeth (some missing), braided fiber wrist strap, old tag reads: "Native weapon from the South Sea Islands," lg. 22 1/2 in. Provenance: A New Hampshire antiquarian society.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-09-23