Subject: ali'i chief
Culture: Hawaiian
Setting: unification of Hawaii, 1795-1810
Object: knuckleduster
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* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
"'Knuckleduster' wood, fiber, shark teeth
Hawaiian Islands
The 'knuckleduster' was used as a weapon for close combat. A fiber wrist loop was attached to the grip." ...
