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Object Number
36-105-70/382
Display Title
Cassowary bone dagger - carved decoration
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Dagger, bone shaft sharpened one end, incised scroll design and human face
Classification
- Dagger
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nor-Papua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Mandated Territory: Kaup, on coast; Sepik River, 40 mi. west of
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm (11 7/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-105-70/382
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