Double ended dagger (?) w/ fiber, snakeskin, seeds

Museum number:
11-43969
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4465
Description:
Dagger, palm wood, double ended; fiber carrying handle wrapped around shaft at center; decorated with shell (several missing) attached by resin and with reptile skin at center; length 57.8, diameter at center 1.8 cm.
Donor:
Albert Knowles Ryerson
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
Melanesian and New Guinea, Papua Island
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
July 12, 1990
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Double ended dagger (?) w/ fiber, snakeskin, seeds, accession number 11-43969, described as Dagger, palm wood, double ended; fiber carrying handle wrapped around shaft at center; decorated with shell (several missing) attached by resin and with reptile skin at center; length 57.8, diameter at center 1.8 cm.

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