Dagger

Museum number:
11-37562
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
Dagger, human bone with designs carved in relief, broken tip.
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Upper Sepik River, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Verbatim coll. place:
vicinity of May R.
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Materials:
Bone (material)
Taxon:
Homo sapiens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Human remains
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Dagger, accession number 11-37562, described as Dagger, human bone with designs carved in relief, broken tip.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Dagger, accession number 11-37562, described as Dagger, human bone with designs carved in relief, broken tip.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Dagger, accession number 11-37562, described as Dagger, human bone with designs carved in relief, broken tip.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Dagger, accession number 11-37562, described as Dagger, human bone with designs carved in relief, broken tip.

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