Cassowary leg bone ornament

Museum number:
11-2563
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.683
Description:
Bone ornament, end broken off, of cassowary leg bone.
Donor:
Matthew Williams Stirling
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
Nogullo Pygmy
Materials:
Bone (material)
Taxon:
Casuarius
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1933
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cassowary leg bone ornament, accession number 11-2563, described as Bone ornament, end broken off, of cassowary leg bone.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cassowary leg bone ornament, accession number 11-2563, described as Bone ornament, end broken off, of cassowary leg bone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cassowary leg bone ornament, accession number 11-2563, described as Bone ornament, end broken off, of cassowary leg bone.

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