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Bone dagger engraved with designs and fiber embedded with seeds as +
Bone dagger engraved with designs and fiber embedded with seeds as +
Object Number 60-55-70/3915
Display Title Bone dagger engraved with designs and fiber embedded with seeds as +
Descriptions
Object Description Bone dagger engraved with designs and fiber embedded with seeds as +
Inventory Description Dagger, curved bone, incised curvilinear designs, pointed and barbed at one end, seeds attached at head of bone with twisted and knotted fiber cordage
Classification
  • Dagger
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / New Guinea
Materials Bone , Seed , Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 38 × 9.8 × 5.5 cm (14 15/16 × 3 7/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-55-70/3915

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