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Object Number
64-18-70/4318
Display Title
Cassowary bone dagger for bush fighting & cutting red pandanus fruit +
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Dagger, worked bone, partially hollow, raw socket end
Classification
- Dagger
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials
Animal bone
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm (11 7/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64.18.70/4318/ 286
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