Dagger

29-50-206

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

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-206
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Tambunum
Section Oceanian
Materials Cassowary Bone
Description

Made from leg bone of cassowary (?). Carved to represent human face above two rows of chevrons.

Length 22.5 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 314 - Other Number

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