Object class: Plaited weaving / Collection place: Momase Region, Papua New Guinea / Culture or time period: Abelam - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Plaited weaving Collection place Momase Region, Papua New Guinea Culture or time period Abelam

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.