Dagger of cassowary bone, incised

Museum number:
11-37123
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Accession number:
Acc.1695
Description:
Dagger made from upper leg bone of murech (cassowary), with exterior incised design.
Donor:
Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Joseph H. Travers
Materials:
Bone (material)
Taxon:
Casuarius
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1963-1964 #24: Oakland High School/Milo S. Popovich (October 11, 1963–November 15, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Dagger of cassowary bone, incised, accession number 11-37123, described as Dagger made from upper leg bone of murech (cassowary), with exterior incised design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Dagger of cassowary bone, incised, accession number 11-37123, described as Dagger made from upper leg bone of murech (cassowary), with exterior incised design.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Dagger of cassowary bone, incised, accession number 11-37123, described as Dagger made from upper leg bone of murech (cassowary), with exterior incised design.

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