Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Kiribati. Swords, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, shark teeth, sennit, a: 21 1/8 in. (53.6 cm) b: 28 in. (71.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.145a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Kiribati

Title

Swords

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Kiribati

Medium

Wood, shark teeth, sennit

Classification

Arms and Armor

Dimensions

a: 21 1/8 in. (53.6 cm) b: 28 in. (71.1 cm)

Credit Line

Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Accession Number

50.67.145a-b

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