Subject: ali'i chief
Culture: Hawaiian
Setting:unification of Hawaii, 1795-1810
Object: lei o mano sharktooth hand club
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall *
"Knife or Club wood, fiber, shark tooth Hawaii Islands
The shark-tooth edged knife or club was used
as a weapon for hand-to-hand combat.
It was used to strike and cut the adversary." ...
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Hawaiian Marketplace *
"Hawaiian Dagger ... - The Hawaiians used shark's teeth,
swordfish bill, and wood to create lethal weapons.
Indigenous to Hawai'i, these shark teeth weapons
have been fashioned with koa wood."
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