Object name: Dagger / Culture or time period: New Guinea, Papua Island / Taxon: Casuarius - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-39251, described as Dagger; cassowary bone; lightly incised with horizontal and crossed diagonal lines

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 11-39253, described as Dagger; cassowary bone; lightly incised designs of scrolls, parallel striated lines; fiber and cloth tied through hole in joint

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 11-37702, 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 11-37845, 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 11-39252, described as Dagger; cassowary bone; incised design of long-nosed head and striated pattern; 2 fiber cords strung through holes at joint

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-39254, described as Dagger; cassowary bone; incised, low-relief design of head touching smaller head with tongue; fibers through holes at joint

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 11-37847, 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.