Dagger

29-50-213

From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Awatib

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-213
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Awatib
Section Oceanian
Materials Cassowary Bone | Feather
Description

Cf. 29-50-208. Crude incised ornamentation; human face made up of elipses and circles; conventionalisation conceals origin of design less than in 29-50-208. 4 long tufts of feathers attached to head of dagger.

Length 32.8 cm
Width 4.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 506 - Other Number

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