Dagger

Museum number:
11-39253
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Accession number:
Acc.2342
Description:
Dagger; cassowary bone; lightly incised designs of scrolls, parallel striated lines; fiber and cloth tied through hole in joint
Donor:
Mrs. Marion Joubert
Collection place:
Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Materials:
Bone (material)
Taxon:
Casuarius
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 jointHearst Museum object 2 of 2 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

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