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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 11-37847, 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 11-37846, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end carved to represent two parrot heads; red 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 11-37844, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end carved to represent two parrot heads; red ochre on bird’s heads; used by men to examine the progress of growth of their long yams in the special sacred yam gardens.

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