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Artifact Number:
 1986.287.067

Object:
Weapon, shark tooth
Leiomano

Material:
 Plant (wood, olona), bone

Dimensions:
 5.5 x 6.7 x 1.3 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 This was donated in memory of Charles and Alice Hite. It is made of a piece of bone carved into the shape of a shark's tooth and a wooden handle. They are bound together with olona (Touchardia latifolia) coradge. Alternative names for this type of tool are: niho mano laau make, kepa lima, kepa.



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