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Object Number 63-29-70/4065
Display Title Bone dagger (dut) - cassowary femur
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dagger, worked bone, tapered to point
Classification
  • Dagger
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • West Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Gutime Plateau
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 279 × 35 × 31 mm (11 × 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63.29.70/4065

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