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Description: Gilbertese warriors of Tabiteuea, with shark's teeth weapons (shark's tooth weapon: trident Taumangaria, sword Terere) and cocos fibres war armours (gilbertese: Te tanga ni buaka), about 1841 (Kiribati, former Gilbert Islands)
Title: Tabiteuean warriors of the Gilberts Islands, about 1840
Credit: Charles Wilkes: Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, Vol. 5, 1845, p. 50
Author: Woodcut engraving by R. S. Gilbert (RSG) based on a drawing by Alfred Thomas Agate (born 1812, died 1846)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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