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Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37848, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end broken off; incised curvilinear and zig-zag designs around a humanlike face; worn by village big-men (nimandu) in their plaited armbands, as an ornament; sometimes used in fighting.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37845, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end carved to represent two parrot heads; red and yellow ochre on bird’s heads; used by men to examine the progress of growth of their long yams in the special sacred yam gardens.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37703, described as Dagger, off cassowary leg bone; incised designs, with dentate patterned border and chevrons near tip; two holed in handle for transverse stick.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37847, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end carved to represent two parrot heads; beaks broken off; ochre; used by men to examine the progress of growth of their long yams in the special sacred yam gardens.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37705, described as Dagger, of carved human bone; incised designs of zigzags and two ovals; transverse stick inserted through perforations in handle.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37702, described as Dagger, of cassowary bone; incised designs, with chevron pattern down the middle; piece broken off handle.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37704, described as Dagger, of human bone, with incised designs; horizontal chevron bands and triangles; holes for transverse stick in handle.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37558, described as Dagger, cassowary leg bone with designs carved in relief.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37563, described as Dagger, human bone with designs carved in relief.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37559, described as Dagger, cassowary leg bone with designs carved in relief.

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