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Outrigger canoe / model Outrigger canoe / model

Model outrigger canoe in white wood with sinnet stitching: Polynesian, Tuvalu, Nanumea

Sword Sword

Wooden sword with edges grooved and armed with shark's teeth secured with sinnet: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati

Dagger Dagger

Dagger of wood with edges grooved and fitted with shark's teeth secured by sinnet: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati

Sword Sword

Sword made of whalebone with edges grooved and fitted with shark's teeth secured by sinnet: Micronesia, probably Republic of Kiribati, 19th century

Sword Sword

Sword of palmwood with edges grooved and fitted with shark's teeth secured by sinnet, with band of shark's skin and coir wrist loop: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati

Fish-hook Fish-hook

Fish-hook of wood with inturned barb, lashing of coconut fibre, and short sinnet plait attached: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati

Turuma lid Turuma lid

Flanged lid for a turuma or oval box of wood, secured by a sinnet cord passing through lugs: Polynesian, Tokelau (Union) Islands, late 19th to early 20th century

Headrest Headrest

Headrest of polished wood in form of a cylindrical bar, one end of which curves downward to form a foot, the other end supported on a two-footed wooden arch lashed on with sinnet: Polynesian, Tonga

Panpipes Panpipes

Panpipes consisting of ten unequal lengths of reed, each stopped at the base and bound together at top and bottom by two sinnet bindings: Polynesian, Tonga

Fish-hook Fish-hook

Fish-hook with shank of pearl shell, barb of turtle shell lashed on, lure of white feathers attached, and long line of plaited sinnet: Polynesian, Tonga

Axe Axe

Axe, dolerite blade lashed to short wooden haft with sinnet: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Spear Spear

Spear of palmwood, sliced to form the point, with four bands of coiled sinnet: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Spear Spear

Spear of dark wood, pointed at both ends, with bands of sinnet: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Spear Spear

Spear, with rude shaft of pale wood and unilaterally barbed head of darker wood, lashed with sinnet: Pacific Peoples, possibly Fiji

Club Club

Straight club of Vesi wood, partly wrapped in bands of sinnet: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Club Club

Straight club of heavy brown wood, grip covered with zigzags, and bound with sinnet and palm leaf: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

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