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Sawfish Sword (Pristis Pristis), Indo Pacific, c. 1900

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Sawfish Sword (Pristis Pristis), Indo Pacific, c. 1900

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Description

Sword of a sawfish
Indo Pacific, around 1900
Lat. Pristis pristis
With 27 paired teeth
Wide and developed
Mounted on a wooden plinth
Height, incl. plinth: 88 cm
Good condition
The exotic quality if the sawfish sword qualifies it for a collector’s item in the cabinet of curiosities. Most of the collections included examples of such curiosities of nature.

This is the capital sword of a saw ray with 27 paired teeth. Sawfish are shark-similar rays that use their long saws to infringe schooling fish and eat subsequently, but also to search in the seabed for mollusk and crustacean.

The sawfish sword is mounted on a wooden plinth. The sword is in good condition, some of the teeth are bumped. The sword is 70.5 cm long and the total height including the mount is 88 cm. (tm)

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Sawfish Sword (Pristis Pristis), Indo Pacific, c. 1900

Name: Sawfish Sword (Pristis Pristis), Indo Pacific, c. 1900
SKU: 32430580
Price: 360 EUR
Availability: InStock

Estimate €480 - €600

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Starting Price €300

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