Bone dagger

Museum number:
18-1689
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001689
Accession number:
Acc.4655
Description:
Dagger, bone; long bone with diagonal split; brown, polished finish; blunt end. Length 26.0 cm. Weapon for killing people.
Donor:
Wyn Sargent
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
October 4, 1994
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bone dagger, accession number 18-1689, described as Dagger, bone; long bone with diagonal split; brown, polished finish; blunt end. Length 26.0 cm. Weapon for killing people.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bone dagger, accession number 18-1689, described as Dagger, bone; long bone with diagonal split; brown, polished finish; blunt end. Length 26.0 cm. Weapon for killing people.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bone dagger, accession number 18-1689, described as Dagger, bone; long bone with diagonal split; brown, polished finish; blunt end. Length 26.0 cm. Weapon for killing people.

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