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Object Number
39-17-70/1116
Display Title
Undecorated cassowary bone, used largely for arranging hair or killing
Descriptions
Object Description
Undecorated cassowary bone, used largely for arranging hair or killing+
Inventory Description
Dagger, worked bone, pointed, knobbed end, ridged 1 side, other side flat
Classification
- Dagger
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Dutch New Guinea
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Sanke Doek
Materials
Animal bone
Dimensions
Overall: 23.3 x 1.1 x 1.6 cm (9 3/16 x 7/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1116
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