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Te ninimanibakaboto

human history
  • Common Name
    Armament T&E, Bludgeon
  • Other Name

    Short-range barbed weapon (English)

  • Description

    Te Ninimanibakaboto. Short-range barbed weapon. This light-weight weapon consists of a cylindrical wooden shaft cut from a tree with the bark intact. The dark brown bark has been selectively stripped away to produced a patterned exterior. The tip of one end of the shaft is wound up with a short piece of fabric and a fine cord of te nimwaerere (intertwined human hair and coconut sennit) to which three wete (stingray barbs) are attached, each of a natural colour.

    The ninimanibakaboto was used as an offensive weapon. Wete are not only lethal due to their naturally serrated edges, but are also known to have poisonous properties.

  • Place
    Tabiteuea/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1936.295
  • Accession Date
    1936
  • Other Id

    22890 (ethnology)

    244 (Maude Collection)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te ninimanibakaboto, 1936.295, 22890, 244, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 11 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply

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