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Object Number
63-29-70/4097
Display Title
Cassowary femur dagger for cutting pandanus (tul)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Dagger, worked bone, partially hollow, polished
Classification
- Dagger
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials
Animal bone
Dimensions
Overall: 31.4 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm (12 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
63.29.70/4097
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