Shark tooth club artifact found at Cahokia Mound 34. A shark's tooth blade was found at Cahokia in mound 34 by Gregory Perino in 1953 The club had imitation sharks teeth made from limestone (not real shark teeth) embedded in maple wood The club was capped with copper and was about the size of a tennis racket
Gregory Perino discovered a shark's tooth club at Cahokia in 1948 in the Ramey field. The club featured real great white shark teeth and flint replicas embedded in wood, capped with copper - about tennis racket sized. Only two known in the US. Now on display at Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma.
Key Facts
- A shark's tooth blade was found at Cahokia in mound 34 by Gregory Perino in 1953
- The club had imitation sharks teeth made from limestone (not real shark teeth) embedded in maple wood
- The club was capped with copper and was about the size of a tennis racket
- In 2007, additional pieces including broken sharks teeth were recovered from Perino's backfill
- The artifact is currently on display at the Gil Museum in Oklahoma
- This is the only one found in the United States
Related site: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
Source: The Roundtable Chronicles - Ep. 9 by Institute for Natural Philosophy