Object class: Sculpture (visual works) / Year collected: [Missing] / Taxon: Casuarius - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 11-37558, described as Dagger, cassowary leg bone with designs carved in relief.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-39255, described as Dagger; cassowary bone; bird figure carved at top; rough face incised at mid-section

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37559, described as Dagger, cassowary leg bone with designs carved in relief.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37560, described as Dagger, cassowary leg bone with designs carved in relief.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-42253, described as Dagger made from a section of cassowary leg bone. Sharpened at one end, with joint end carved in the form of a bird. Below this are three perforations with fibers attached. The upper portion is painted red, yellow, black, and white. Nassa shells are used for the bird’s eyes.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37561, described as Dagger, cassowary leg bone with designs carved in relief.

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.