- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Dagger with obsidian blade and tapering handle painted red with painted and carved geometric decoration and two long holes [SM 27/07/2007]
- Long description
- Dagger with obsidian blade and tapering handle painted red with painted and carved geometric decoration and two long holes. The handle has two long holes or slits that run lengthways along the handle in a line. The carved patterns are painted red and white. [SM 27/07/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1911
- Date collected
- By 1911
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1911
- Materials and processes
- Material Obsidian Stone, Material Plant Nut, Material Sago Palm Fibre Plant, Material Pigment, Process Flaked, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Perforated, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 309 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1911.65.11
- Research and responses
Ref. Robin Torrence. 2003. 'Ethnoarchaeology, museum collections and prehistoric exchange: obsidian-tipped artifacts from the Admiralty Islands.' World Archaeology 24.3: 467-481. On p. 472 Torrence describes the manufacture of these daggers, the handles being made of parinarium nut putty over sago fibre, painted or incised while still damp. [LM 30/07/2007]
1911.65.11
Dagger with obsidian blade and tapering handle painted red with painted and carved geometric decoration and two long holes [SM 27/07/2007]
1911.65.11
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