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Spearhead made from the backbone of a stingray and broken off at one end.

Ray sting foto

Tonga, l. 19 cm, Inv. Oz 218

Spearhead made from the backbone of a stingray with a plaited band of coconut fibres threaded through a hole at the flattened end.

Ray sting foto

Tonga, l. 13 cm, Inv. Oz 217

long knotted staff or club made of wood nearly in its natural shape. The lower end is wrapped in coconut fibre.

Rhizome club

wood, Vanuatu, l. 170.4 cm, Inv. Oz 826

Rope made of reddish-brown and blackish-brown coconut fibre cords plaited together several times.

Rope no’o

coconut fibre, Tonga, l. 320 cm, w. 4 cm, Inv. Oz 318

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