Rare artefact returned
NZPA-AP Honolulu A rare Hawaiian shark tooth artefact -was returned to the islands by the Honolulu-based Hemmeter Corporation, which paid $172,893 for it at a New York auction.
An open frame object mounted with 41 shark teeth, the artefact is one of two like it known in the world, the other is in Auckland Museum.
According to many anthropologists, the early Hawaiians made the finest shark tooth implements in Polynesia. Well-propor-tioned and highly polished, they were probably valued for their beauty as well as for their usefulness.
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Press, 28 December 1988, Page 18
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