Shark Weapons
Weapons made with shark teeth from 100+ years ago are not only awesome, but they may also help us uncover clues about species distribution. ------------------ NEW! Subreddit: http://www.reddit.co...
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Here’s a question for you: if we have no written record to where a species may have been found over time, what sort of evidence can we look for in order to determine where it may have once lived? I bet “weaponry” wasn’t the first thing that came to mind, but, sure enough, that’s exactly what Field Museum biologists and anthropologists use to collaboratively puzzle out the distribution of Central Pacific sharks from more than 100 years ago. Our anthropology collection houses a diverse assortment of pretty impressive weapons created between 1840 and 1898, and later obtained by whalers, missionaries, other museums and anthropologists from the people of Kiribati. These assorted spears, daggers, and swords - 123 total in our collection - have the un...
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Here’s a question for you: if we have no written record to where a species may have been found over time, what sort of evidence can we look for in order to determine where it may have once lived? I bet “weaponry” wasn’t the first thing that came to mind, but, sure enough, that’s exactly what Field Museum biologists and anthropologists use to collaboratively puzzle out the distribution of Central Pacific sharks from more than 100 years ago. Our anthropology collection houses a diverse assortment of pretty impressive weapons created between 1840 and 1898, and later obtained by whalers, missionaries, other museums and anthropologists from the people of Kiribati. These assorted spears, daggers, and swords - 123 total in our collection - have the un...
