£40
Gilbertese/Kiribati shark tooth and woven fibre hand guard A rare pair of hand guards made from a course woven fibre each incorporating three rows of shark's teeth secured with a fine handmade string or cord. These 'gloves' were made on the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati), early to mid 20th century; With a coconut water carrier and ladle, a child's woven palm leaf bikini, and a good quantity of handspun cord. (5) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
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