Te butu. Small dagger set with shark's teeth. Butu are designed to exact facial injuries to opponents targeting the forehead and the eyes so as to obscure vision or leave visible disfigurement. These small handheld weapons are easily concealed on a person and were often held and used by women. This butu consists of a main shaft carved from te kanni (coconut wood) upon which three wii n bakoa (shark teeth) are lashed to drilled perforations made along one long side. The wooden shaft is flat, rounded at each end, and ovoid in cross section.The wood of its side edge is deeply grooved to fit the wii n bakoa securely. The wii n bakoa are themselves perforated at their base and lashed to the shaft with te kora (coconut sennit). An additional cord of kora is tied to the wooden handle as means of suspension. The wii n bakoa are off-white in colour while the wooden shaft is medium brown in colour.