kiribati

varta · 28th August 2014, 10:56 AM

I received a catalogue in which this sword caught my attention. It looks like a very dangerous sword: each peak is made of several rows of shark teeth...
It was used during ritual confrontations says the catalogue...
(Let me also say that I have no profit-sharing with Sothebys but I thought one may be ethnographically interested, as I was)

VANDOO · 28th August 2014, 06:48 PM

IT IS A NICE OLD ONE AND THE LONGER CENTER SPEAR MAY HAVE 4 ROWS OF TEETH INSTEAD OF THE USUAL TWO. THE GRIP IS USUALLY A LITTLE LONGER BEHIND THE TWO GUARD PRONGS A UNUSUAL EXAMPLE.

28th August 2014, 10:56 AM	#1
varta Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Berlin-Paris Posts: 37	kiribati I received a catalogue in which this sword caught my attention. It looks like a very dangerous sword: each peak is made of several rows of shark teeth... It was used during ritual confrontations says the catalogue... (Let me also say that I have no profit-sharing with Sothebys but I thought one may be ethnographically interested, as I was) Attached Images

28th August 2014, 06:48 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	IT IS A NICE OLD ONE AND THE LONGER CENTER SPEAR MAY HAVE 4 ROWS OF TEETH INSTEAD OF THE USUAL TWO. THE GRIP IS USUALLY A LITTLE LONGER BEHIND THE TWO GUARD PRONGS A UNUSUAL EXAMPLE.